Snow report Ötztal, 05/10/2026

Snow condition

From Martin Busch Hütte approx. 10 min to carry to the bridge. From there, ascent possible and currently you can also get there on the descent, but you have to circle through the stones. The glacier is well snowed in, but you can see where there might be crevasses. You have to walk a few meters to the Hauslabjoch. The last 100 m to the Finailspitze are an easy scramble with crampons.

Snow quality

No fresh snow overnight. Predominantly (broken) hard snow. In the ascent, mostly carrying, in the descent again really good firn, only at the end of the turns the top is slightly broken, but also good to ski. Only below 2600m is it broken more often.

Spring conditions...

Overall impression

Day 2 after a much more restful night. Logical when you sleep in a bed instead of on the floor without an air mattress. A change in the weather had been announced; apart from us, there was no one else on the way from Vent, while four people from the Italian side reached the summit at the same time. It was still sunny in the morning, but the clouds soon pushed over the ridge, so that by 9:30 it was already overcast, but the wind was only weak. The cloud line was at about 3250m, below that visibility was still quite good. A great weekend in great conditions with my colleague sumdeum! Even if the carry routes are long, the conditions at the top are good and well worth it.