Snow report Bormio, 06/08/2014
Pfingstwochenende am Forno-Gletscher
Bormio
Snow condition
Snow quality
Overall impression
Snow condition
Good snow conditions, although I would have expected more. Somehow the snow doesn't really seem to have fallen in the south of the Alps this winter, but only in the south-east in REAL quantities. There's still a bit of snow on the northern side at the tree line, but with skis it's only enough further up. It's only really good in gullies/chasms and on the glaciers, but the latter in particular are still quite well snowed in, even if larger crevasses are slowly becoming visible. You can still start directly from Passo Gavia on skis, but it's also really busy. We set off from Refugio Forni, where people have been carrying skis for a while.
Snow quality
Well, unfortunately not that great. The fresh snow from the previous week would probably still have been quite good on Friday, we had partly broken snow at higher altitudes, partly hard. Firn then in a few areas further down, but mostly already slush there.
Risks
Well, maybe don't be out too late on steep sunny slopes...
Overall impression
Nice weather, but quite busy and not really great snow. But you don't want to complain in June.
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