Snow report Ecrins, 04/02/2018
Col des Agneaux - Powder im Ecrins Nationalpark
Ecrins
Snow condition
Snow quality
Overall impression
Snow condition
Wonderful amount of snow! Access to the Ref. Alpe Villard d'Arène from the parking lot in the valley on skis is no problem (cross-country ski trail at the start), there is certainly enough snow in the valley to reach the hut for a while.
Snow quality
It snowed 20 to 30 cm in the Ecrins and in La Grave from Friday to Saturday with quite cold temperatures. Despite the sun on Saturday and Sunday, there is plenty of powder in the northern exposures, with mostly fine powder on the descent from the Col des Agneaux and only minimal and easily skiable wind crust from time to time. Strong warming on sunny slopes and wet snow below 2000m.
Risks
Pay attention to daytime warming! Fresh snow regularly falls from sunny slopes in the morning, but beware of fresh drift snow at higher altitudes in all exposures.
Overall impression
Dream weather and powder snow.
Unfortunately, the avalanche situation is still too tense for steeper couloirs and the bigger mountains at the moment due to the constant and strong wind.
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