Snow report Simplon Pass, 02/11/2024
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Simplon Pass
Snow condition
Snow quality
Overall impression
Altitude
1900 - 2600m
Avalanche warning level
considerable (3)
Exposition
Snow condition
You can go on tours, but not really without coming into contact with rocks. Even though you can start up here at 2000m. Further up, the storm has raged and in some places entire slopes are free of snow
Snow quality
There is really good powder to be found. However, in most places it was blown off into the distance. You're more likely to find good luck on slopes that were in the lee during the südstau
Risks
Wind intensity: High (40 – 60 km/h)
There is definitely a lot of drift snow. However, it remains unclear how easy it is to release. We didn't observe any self-releases, nothing broke on the ECT even after 30 hits (the drift snow layer was approx. 40 cm thick) and even steeper slopes, which of course have already been skied happily despite LWS 3+, have not come up.
Overall impression
Good slopes can be found here and there. We couldn't really let it go, on the one hand because of the countless sharks and on the other because the avalanche situation still requires restraint.
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