Snow report Eastern Alps South, 02/08/2014

Snow condition

Around 40 cm of fresh snow has fallen since Friday evening. This means that many dangerous spots such as rocks are covered and you can ski very well off-piste. There are places where the new snow is sliding off and exposing a hard layer.

Snow quality

The fresh snow was able to fall without much wind influence and the temperatures were below freezing. The snow is light and nice and fluffy.

I consider the warning level 3 issued by the avalanche report for this region to be appropriate. On Saturday there were small slides, some even spontaneous slides without external influence, on steep slopes (especially in the north-east exposure). Today, Sunday, it could be observed that the layer of fresh snow of around 15 cm was lying on a weak layer, with quite stable clods coming loose in places when skiing. It continued to snow all day and the wind picked up during the course of the day, possibly increasing the avalanche risk a little.

Overall impression

Fortunately, we also had the opportunity to ski deep snow away from the south. Because this time you could even ski without much contact with stones or roots, we've given it 3 stars.