Snow report Central Switzerland, 01/20/2019
Hasliberg
Central Switzerland
Snow condition
Snow quality
Overall impression
Snow condition
Snow conditions are good, especially at the top. Some of the ridges have blown off, but not extremely. There's enough snow down in the forest too, but not as much as last season in Advent, for example.
Snow quality
A bit of everything. Set powder on a soft base, on crust, lid or just crust. Finding the good spots was the challenge today. Shady and sheltered from the wind is of course best, on sunny slopes as flat as possible, you could still find something.
Risks
Actually quite good, especially near the ridge, watch out for drift snow and above all for gliding snow. There were some impressive fish mouths to be seen. There was also a large snow slab, I assume from the middle of the week.
Overall impression
With a bit of intuition, trial and error and traversing/running, you can still make beautiful descents. Unfortunately, the light became pretty flat just as I reached the top of the most beautiful line of the day.
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