Snow report Brandnertal / Rätikon, 03/04/2017

Snow condition

I have to be honest and admit that if you look at the whole area, it's very bitter in terms of snow conditions. However, on the northern slopes you can find a healthy base which in some places even has 30 - 50cm (probably blown in) of fresh powder on top. In general, you have to say that everything in the south quickly becomes slushy and unpleasant to ride in the sun .... but the northern slopes make you dream.northern slopes: 3 starssouthern slopes/rest: 2 stars (bad)

Snow quality

Once again, it's all there, on the blown-out ridges you'll find a few centimetres if any, mostly in the form of ice. In the north there is some nice fluffy pow in the morning, which gets a bit heavier as the day progresses but is still very nice to ride. On the south-facing slopes, after just a few minutes of sunshine, there's a whole load of sticky or slushy slush. I would say that it can mutate into a proper lid at night.

We were able to observe a few mini self-triggers, but these are more likely to be described as sluff. There's always a bit, but it definitely wasn't critical for us.

Overall impression

Hardly any visibility at the start and just 3-6cm of fresh snow at the bottom made us think it would be a standard day (for this season). Well, the weather cleared up and the northern slopes were an absolute dream (by the way, we were pretty much alone as there was still plenty of powder) .... warm sun when hiking and great snow on the descent ... what more could you want?