Snow report North chain, 01/16/2016

Snow condition

Yesterday and overnight there was about 60 centimeters of fresh snow on the Seegrube. It snowed all the way down to Innsbruck, so you could ski down to Hungerburg. However, there was much less fresh snow at the bottom of the Hungerburg than at the top of the Seegrube. There was just enough to ski down to the Hungerburg, before that there was very little snow, mountain pine slopes and in the forest you still need a lot of snow to be able to ski well there, Hafelekar was closed today due to the high avalanche danger. It was impossible to tell whether there was enough snow up there in the gullies due to the thick fog.

Snow quality

Very fluffy fresh snow, almost too much fresh snow in very shallow places

Above 2200 meters a 4, below a 3. the steep gullies of the Hafelekar were probably blown up in the morning and were also closed due to avalanche danger. the first gondola to the Seegrube didn't leave until half past 10 because of the blasting work. fresh snow didn't look very wind-influenced on the valley run, but it's not really steep at any point either.

Overall impression

It was really fun today - over half a meter of fresh snow and endless face shots. Despite the fog, visibility was fine.