Snow report Obertauern, 03/09/2019

Snow condition

It's spring and you can tell. In the valley, there is no longer any closed snow cover, although you can still reach the valley well in most exposures, but not everywhere, and good snow conditions up to a little above the tree line, although this is nowhere near comparable to that further north. Further up, the wind has a strong influence and sometimes entire slopes are blown away. It's particularly nasty that the fresh snow has fallen with little wind and so it's very easy to hit stones on the ridges and crests, and if a bit more snow were to go away I'd only give it 2 stars.

Snow quality

There was a good 10cm of fresh snow at 2400m, but it is relatively heavy. That's why it's easy to ski, especially in areas that are a little blown in, as you can't get through all the time. Nevertheless, it's just not enough, below 2000m you're skiing on a mostly hard surface, further down the valley it's only rained and there's mud.

I wouldn't consider it critical, as there was simply very little fresh snow. You have to be careful as soon as it gets a little warmer, lots of wet snow both above and below the snow line.

Overall impression

Less fresh snow than I had hoped for, but it was worse.