Snow report Tannheimer Valley, 12/20/2017

Snow condition

Absolutely sufficient above the forest. In the forest there was sometimes a little subsoil, but I think that is rarely different in the steep, dense, southeast-facing forest.

Snow quality

Powder with a more or less disturbing cover. We skied the summit slope towards Haldensee twice, where the light cover was not at all disturbing, it was nice and even and quick to ski. On the descent towards Rauth, the cover was stronger. Short turns were still possible, but long turns were no longer possible, at least for us. Shortly before the forest it was briefly very difficult to ski, then good powder again in the forest.

The south-east slope looks like a battlefield with lots of sliding snow slides... near the ridge there were already some cornices and drift snow. At first we thought we wouldn't make it to the summit today, but then we found a safe option over a ridge. On the west-facing descent, however, there were no signs of danger, so the LLB was a good fit. On Sulzsspitze and Litnisschrofen, which also face roughly south-east, no danger signs were visible, at least from a distance. So it seems to be small-scale.

Overall impression

Super tour! Very scenic ascent, good to very good descents and great weather. If the descent towards Rauth had been as good as the one towards Haldensee, I would have tended towards a fourth star.