Snow report Salzburger Land North, 12/24/2017

Snow condition

If you look at the overall situation, then only 2*, because there is so little at the bottom. Above 1600m, however, there is certainly more than an average amount, albeit irregularly distributed. At the bottom you can only slide down into the (higher) valley on shady forest roads, but the odd rock does peek out.

Snow quality

Very funky! actually everything here (roughly from bottom to top): ice, hard hard snow cover, slightly damp cover, broken hard snow, powder, heavy wind coverReally great snow only in the narrow belt of the high-altitude larch forest, therefore only 2 * in total.

The strong wind has transported a lot of snow above the tree line, but has also created a very inhomogeneous snow cover. At a depth of around 1600m, there is a weak layer of mature crystals at a depth of around 10 cm, but it is difficult to trigger and fracture propagation is virtually impossible due to the very variable conditions on a small scale.

Overall impression

Fantastic visibility and light conditions and overall only a few people...
But really challenging snow, you had to be very concentrated on it, often every turn was in different snow.
At the bottom, several kilometers of ice track on the forest road...