Snow report Obertauern, 02/16/2019

Snow condition

Still very good. Restrictions still due to the strong wind influence above the tree line. Not quite as bad here as further east, but entire slopes still blown away in places. Ridges and crests often also free of snow, and below around 1000m, steeper south-facing slopes are slowly thinning out again...

Snow quality

The snow quality is divided into three categories. On steep north-facing slopes, especially below the tree line, there is still really good, slightly settled powder snow (you could also award 5 stars here). On steeper south-facing slopes, there is already good firn with the right timing. Otherwise, there is widespread broken snow or simply hard snow. It's impressive how the wind here has led to bad snow above the tree line...

Relatively relaxed. Spring conditions, as it gets warmer every day, you definitely have to pay attention to the warming, something falls down from sunny slopes from time to time...

Overall impression

Great day, my best touring day of the current season.
I feel like I'm in April, although that's not meant in a negative way in this case.
Nevertheless, the high temperatures naturally lead to a reduction in the snow cover and the powder is also getting less. The longer the weather stays like this, the more we'll have to concentrate on firn.