Snow report Salzburger Land Süd, 02/28/2017

Snow condition

There was a pretty good dose from Mrs. Holle's pillow overnight. In the morning we woke up to knee-deep powder in the parking lot. Depending on the expo and wind, around 25-30cm had accumulated in the area, which was really necessary! South and West Expo in particular have virtually no base. In gullies and hollows as well as on the north side, however, it was very rideable. Since we had such a good time almost the whole day, you could give it a 3. But since each of us had a lot of contact with the enemy in all expos, you can only give it a 2 for February.

Snow quality

Some of the powder today was very fine - and without getting through to the surface or crusts. Powder grins guaranteed. However, where the sun or wind could attack, it became quite fast or a light cover could be felt.

After extensive blasting in the morning (without any visible success), the pack was let up shortly after 10. In medium steepness it was not critical today even in the blown-in terrain (north variant). But be careful on slopes steeper than 40 degrees and above 1900m. There were quite dangerous drift snow packs that had to be avoided.

Overall impression

After initially poor visibility, the sun even came out in the afternoon. There was only time for breaks on the bus back to the lift. We need more days like this, especially because the base will be right at some point.