Snow report Kitzbühel Alps, 02/28/2018

Snow condition

The snow conditions in the Langer Grund are excellent. In the deep forest, on open areas, whether close to the ridge or in the valley, there is plenty of snow everywhere. In the northern Alps, this is definitely one of the places with the best snow conditions. A little further east in the Kitzbühel Alps there is less, for example in Fieberbrunn. But this difference doesn't make much difference as there is simply enough snow there. 15cm of cold, fresh powder.

Snow quality

On the north side, the old snow surface has not yet hardened much and the 10-15cm of very cold powder was excellent to ski. As soon as it gets crusty underneath, of course, it's not so good.

Relaxed on our tour. However, the cold temperatures make the possible drift snow fields very brittle and favor the release readiness. The loose powder snow is usually completely unbound on the old snow surface and can therefore be transported very easily. I can well imagine surface ripeness as a problem for the next few days.

Overall impression

Unfortunately, a pin on my Marker King Pin broke off on the ascent. In hindsight, it's pretty stupid, because if this had happened on another tour in the last few weeks, it could have ended really badly. If Marker had a decent customer service, I would have saved myself this post. I was able to fix it pretty well with a skistrap from G3. These things are really worth their weight in gold, they also come in a PowderGuide version.
Nevertheless, a good tour and it wasn't that cold. You know it and you take more with you. We definitely had too much to wear.