Snow report Berchtesgaden Alps, 01/09/2026

Snow condition

Still very bad, despite about 10 cm of fresh snow. On the meadows or on unused pistes, you can now accelerate a little more. But you can still get through to the base from time to time. However, the warming and dampness is causing the snow cover to settle more and this is definitely providing a little protection. The choice of routes is just as limited as before, unfortunately there's no chance of forest or rock.

Snow quality

Off the beaten track, in the truest sense of the word. Rarely have I skied such fast snow. The new and old powder pack is damp, but not sticky and still very soft. However, there is a wafer-thin layer of many individual ice crystals on top. Maybe you can see it in the picture. As always, more would have been cool...

Probably strong winds at the top, warnings about drifting snow. But you can't actually ski there anyway, too little snow and now probably even more unevenly distributed. Where you can ski, obstacles are the main danger.

Overall impression

A very funny morning in small wooded areas at lower altitudes. Despite the desolate basic situation and the warming, yesterday's 10 cm of course helped a little out of the despair. The skiing experience was phenomenally cool and the completely untracked slope could be harvested well by skinning up several times. Tomorrow morning is likely to be worse, as there will probably be a lot of broken snow in the middle layers this evening. There should be another 10 cm by Sunday. Let's see, but that won't change much overall...