Snow report Andermatt / Gotthard, 03/01/2020

Snow condition

There is plenty of snow from the very top to the very bottom (except on blown-off crests and caps! Small and large giraffes go, even when pushed out. Only in the village you can't drive on roads covered in snow.

Snow quality

Windblown on tops. In the area facing away from the wind (i.e. mainly north to north-east to east) you'll find lots of powder turns in untracked snow that has fallen by Friday. Yesterday the Gemsstock was closed. That's why we're getting such good runs today!

Andermatt lies exactly between the lsf weather limit, i.e. between a 2 and a 3. We don't see any spontaneous avalanche backpack drops today, so we quickly decide to ski steeper terrain. Nothing is sliding. No snow slabs. Accumulations of drift snow are easily visible.

Overall impression

We went into the day with few expectations, as it had been blowing so hard here for the last few days that I couldn't even imagine how snow could have stuck up there. We were rewarded and skied small giraffe first lines in so-called "racepow".
It got warm at the bottom and the snow was correspondingly sticky. Good crew, good beer, good day!