Snow report Berchtesgaden Alps, 12/24/2023

Snow condition

Very bad, you have to carry far and use a bike where possible. Thanks to the very compact snow cover, you can also ride quite well on thinner sections of the snow layer. Hardly anything is rideable below 1100 m. The higher elevations are empty.

Snow quality

In the open mostly rather bad: at the bottom broken harsch with tough rain crust and further up partly icy, wind-treated layers. In the forest and sheltered areas further up it was quite cool: very felty, compact, warm fresh snow, nice to smear and not slow. At the bottom also partly slush.

There is hardly any snow at lower altitudes. At medium altitudes, the snow cover is often very compact or has a crust and appears very stable. Above the tree line, however, it is probably quite dangerous at times, although there is often hardly any snow.

Overall impression

Cool Christmas tour, it was fun in the higher forest areas. It was also nice that no one else was out there, although very little snow in the meantime, wind, rain and warmth have done all the work. And now it's getting even warmer. There was still a strong wind blowing.