Snow report Silvretta, 03/26/2022
Silvretta
Snow condition
Snow quality
Overall impression
Altitude
2000 - 3200m
Avalanche warning level
low (1)
Exposition
Snow condition
Still enough snow from Bielerhöhe. But generally below-average amount of snow in the Silvretta.
Snow quality
Unfortunately still rather poor or not yet good. The ascent to the Schneeglocke is hard on the west side and the snow surface is very irregular: wind-pressed, lots of wind-crevasses, deeper old frozen tracks. In the high mountains, the wind and melt have left a very inhomogeneous snow surface. Hardly thawed on the west side today despite the warmth, virtually no downhill fun. The descent through the eastern gully into the Ochsental valley is softened but also very rough and inhomogeneous, alternating between deep slush and hard snow. As the snow surface is so rough, not a nice firn surface. Good firn is probably better to be found in lower-lying tours where there was less wind influence.
Risks
Wind intensity: No Wind (0 km/h)
Overall impression
Great weather for a longer tour. Snow quality is not yet a joy on the descent; snow surface much too worked by the wind and therefore an alternation of hard, old tracks, wind dunes etc., so that no nice firn can form.
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