Snow report Tannheimer Valley, 02/12/2020

Snow condition

Descents to Schattwald were possible but the dense forest should be avoided. In general, the exposure in the Thannheimer Tal is decidedly west-northwest, except for the Graß. East and northeast are probably best filled with snow. South is partly blown off but varies. In general, there is not much snow. Bschießer and Ponten didn't look very rewarding (blown off). That's why we chose the forest runs on the north-east side. There 20 cm of powder on a compact base, but here again we were skiing with the handbrake on. Tree trunks, branches and roots are only slightly covered in places. You can see what Storm Sabine has uncovered in the pictures.

Snow quality

Northeast sector was good, compact snow but not strongly wind-pressed. Above the tree line, some of the snow was blown free down to the ice crust.

However, heavy drifts also blew away a lot of snow completely, so the drift snow packs were quite small. New snow is still not well connected to the old snow.

Overall impression

Weather day after it was clear that the wind and the snow situation made a ski tour pointless. We still found some nice runs around the north-east sector.