Snow report Oberstdorf, 01/08/2017

Snow condition

One star over long stretches, occasionally even 2. Not much is really possible. You are constantly hitting the ground in the form of frozen grass hills at best, otherwise the beautiful Nagelfluh rock or, if you prefer, trees and roots. Anyone who loves their skis should stay at home. I don't care as long as only the skis are damaged, I have a generous selection here that I can sacrifice completely. My colleague has taken the edges off two pairs from top to bottom in the last two days. On pure meadows it's quite good, as you can ski down quite far, so theoretically all the way to Lake Constance.

Snow quality

Yesterday there was the strange drizzle I've already mentioned several times for about 3-4 hours, which immediately conjured up a wonderful thin crust. This was more bearable again today and barely noticeable in places.

No warning signs observed yesterday or today. At the moment, the mechanical risk of injury from a fall seems higher, at least until just below 2000m.

Overall impression

Bluebird and looking around what is possible, a lot no, some yes, as expected still significant potential for improvement, but hey, a week ago there was exactly zero up to 2000m, nothing, at least no snow and in the meantime it was maybe half a meter of snow.