Snow report Stubai Valley, 03/16/2019

Snow condition

The snow conditions are still not bad, but the wind once again played along and moved a lot. Many ridges and ridges are free of snow and a lot has melted away on the south side. Even after the heavy snowfall of the last few days, many variants don't look optimal/bad (e.g. Schaufelspitze). You can tell that it's slowly becoming spring.

Snow quality

Lower end of the three-star rating. There was a lot of wind at work, wind cover in almost all exposures and heights. Other places completely blown off and then heavy/moist at the bottom. Fresh snow varied between 0cm and 40cm depending on the wind.

Quite critical today. Massive wind loads throughout the area. Several explosions were quite successful and (smaller) snow slabs triggered by skiers were also observed. Below 2000m there was additional moisture penetration, which caused problems... Defensive behavior was the order of the day!

Overall impression

Well, we suspected it: a massive storm and high zero degrees are not good harbingers for a good day on the mountain. Nevertheless, we gave it a go and at least caught a few nice turns. Nice turns and soaking up the sun was the order of the day. It could have been worse, but you could probably have done without it ;-)