Snow report Tannheimer Valley, 02/17/2016

Snow condition

At the bottom out at Haldensee it's enough for the ascent and descent. At the top it depends very much on the direction of the slope. We skied a south-facing slope at around 2000m which had around 10cm of powder without a base in areas that had been blown in, and virtually nothing at all in areas that hadn't been blown in. In other exposures there is a continuous base. However, there is not much snow, with stones, grass and bushes still appearing occasionally.

Snow quality

There was not only little snow on the south-facing slope mentioned above, but it was also really hard to ski. Otherwise, there was more or less compacted powder in all exposures on the summit slopes, always pleasant to ski. On an east-facing slope at slightly lower altitudes (from about 1900m) we found great powder without any wind influence. It remained powdery up to 1400m, probably even further, then we went up again. The descent to Haldensee was still powdery right down to the bottom this afternoon.

Today we saw gliding snow mouths on a slope between Sulzspitze and Neunerköpfle, otherwise nothing unusual. Ascended and descended steeply up to over 35 degrees, everything feels very well connected.

Overall impression

4 stars for great weather and lots of first lines