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 slipping away and revealing 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, sometimes even spontaneous slides without external influence, on steep slopes (especially in the north-east exposure). However, the snow thickness was still low. 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. However, there were no slides to be observed. 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

Luckily, 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 give it 3 stars.