Snow report Salzburger Land North, 02/18/2016

Snow condition

Better than last week. Depending on the location, it snowed about 10-30 cm over the week. Again today, but only very small flakes and therefore unproductive. Not enough to cover the mountain pines or ski in the low-lying forest, of course, but high-altitude valley runs are possible again. (This is very important for me as a skier who wants to ski to the end and not have to unbuckle...). )Still not quite 3 stars for me.

Snow quality

Very cool at the top. Today's fresh snow has fallen in the form of crumbly pellets. It's great for riding, but there's a lot of sluff in the steep terrain! If it snows on top of that, it could get really bad. On the south side and further down you sometimes come across old tracks or a light cover, but on the shaded side everything is fine. At the very bottom (< 1300m) unfortunately very slow cardboard snow.

Up to 1800 m (I wasn't higher today) the whole thing seemed very stable and the fresh snow was well bound. However, there were strong winds at higher altitudes today and probably all week, so drifting snow certainly plays a certain role there.

Overall impression

Actually everything was fine, except for the total amount of snow and the poor visibility: snow on the trees, winter feeling, nothing going on and an insanely loose snow further up. Another meter and I'd be happy... Tomorrow morning, take advantage of any windows of visibility and watch out for drifting snow, then it could be good!