Snow report Salzburger Land North, 03/24/2021

Snow condition

Still ok. However, it wouldn't be enough for everything at high altitudes. But there's a lot you can do now that you couldn't do this winter.

Snow quality

3 stars in the shady forest down to 1200 (!) and really great further up in the larch forest! Beautiful, fast, set powder, wonderfully soft to ride. It's been a long time since I've skied these sinking depths (4-5 stars) In the higher altitudes there was a lot of wind and radiation, so it's only good in sheltered areas. At the bottom in the sun, unfortunately, it was extremely sluggish. It was quite exhausting.

Moderate avalanche situation. If you stay out of the bright south-facing slopes. There's been a lot of heavy snowfall today and it's already started to unload. This will continue to increase with the heat in the coming days. The exposures on the shady side are stable, further up there may be a little bit of drift snow because the wind has already been active in the last few days. And you could also see some nice flags on some peaks this morning.

Overall impression

Very beautiful, but also exhausting day. However, the powder in the middle sections was worth the effort. I could have left a little earlier, then it would have been even better at the bottom, but I didn't manage it. The whole wide, flat path out into the valley was a very sluggish swamp in the sun, which diminished the joy somewhat. There will only be a little powder left further up in sheltered and shady areas. Wet, loose and gliding snow will become even more of an issue.