Snow report Upper Bavaria, 01/02/2017

Snow condition

Before the snowfall from Monday to Tuesday, there was nothing at all. Of course, the 10 cm of fresh snow didn't change much. I've been on the Kampen in all conditions, but I don't think I've been here with so little snow. I went out today with my worst stone skis and that's what I need. It cracked with every turn. I made it to the mountain station, it's probably a bit better on the road to Steinling Alm.

Snow quality

A good 10 cm of new, very cold snow. Real wild snow in places.

The amount of snow is not yet sufficient, but the risk of injury is all the higher. Packing a helmet is not entirely stupid. It took me a few turns to get used to the rough riding on the frozen ground. It was better when the ground was still warm last winter in similar snow conditions.

Overall impression

On the way there, I thought that I would probably be the only one and that the winter hikers would look pretty stupid, but that wasn't the case. There were probably around 30 people on skis throughout the day. That really surprised me. It's not really worthwhile, you can just get up quite easily and somehow get down again. All in all, a pretty pointless undertaking.