Snow report Upper Black Forest, 02/14/2021

Snow condition

Sufficient up to 800m on the north side. Here and there frozen meadows peek out. Easily possible without stones with a good eye.

Snow quality

Not bad as all, I had hoped for a little more blown-in powder on the Katzensteig itself. At the bottom, the powder was already tracked, but partly soft and fast.

Admittedly, I took out the grip before the steep section. But it's so evenly rolled under the power line that something should break in the quasi-frozen old snow. Maybe possible with the Sahara crust in mind. But everything seemed to be concrete-proof.

Overall impression

Three stars for
alpine view
all alone in the Katzental
best weather
Overall experience: certainly one of the most challenging descents of this winter on a snowboard. The almost 40 degree steep section is very hard to icy, very alpine. There was some technically exciting stuff to do, some turns on a bit of sluff were even quite nice, but I briefly wished I had an ice axe in my hand ... then, as I said, it would have been classic de le Rue style.