Snow report Salzburger Land North, 03/18/2021

Snow condition

The first time this year that we didn't really have to worry about unwanted contact with hard objects. 75 cm have fallen at 1600m N since Saturday. Yesterday's tracks were quite well closed. On average you have about 50 cm sinking depth. At lower elevations, however, you can only drive on forest roads, as there was nothing there before. According to the archive, we are now just below average for some areas at some measuring stations.

Snow quality

Insanity. Really deep pow for the first time this year. Still mostly fluffy and perfectly soft. You can bomb around relatively well in moderate terrain without having to worry about obstacles. Hardly rideable on the flats, however, and then felty and sometimes slowing down at the bottom.

Up to 2200 m a three, above that a four. I can't quite understand the three for the lower altitudes, where there are 30-40 cm on stones and branches. In protected forests, the unbound loose pow is low-stress and lightly set. No special signs. At an ECT above the tree line, there was fresh snow up to one meter down, unbound and impossible to trigger, as there was no weak layer. Two days ago, however, there was quite a bit of wind, so there must be some drift snow somewhere. But if there is, it is difficult to recognize due to the persistent fresh snow.

Overall impression

Fantastically great snow and finally some carefree bouncing made for a lot of fun. We decided to go on untouched trails and therefore had to make difficult tracks, luckily we had the machine with us! The first lines were ours! It was really nice to be out and about with the fat ladies, but also exhausting. Unfortunately, it was a bit slow at the bottom and super hard to push on the flat. All in all, there was quite a lot going on, especially yesterday. It was a bit of a shame that it was so short in the end, today would have been a baller day...