Snow report Zillertal, 01/05/2015

Snow condition

The amount on the mountain is now acceptable. Unfortunately, the wind has blown some of it away. Descent into the valley is not possible and stone contact is not always unavoidable. Especially the strong wind has blown off north-west exposed slopes near the crest.

Snow quality

Blown in quite OK, but often already capped. In certain places there are only icy patches to be found. Rain, sun and wind have left little usable snow from the last snow areas. The best snow can still be found on slopes exposed to the south-east. But be careful: this is almost always drift snow -> avalanche danger!

According to the LLB 3, but also 4 in parts of Tyrol, a lot of activity in the last few days. We were also able to find many fallen snow slabs in almost all exposures (see photos). We also heard a massive settling noise during the ascent. The snow profile we dug (see photos) and the slide block showed that two layers can be triggered at this point at a depth of approx. 15cm and 35cm.

Overall impression

It's slowly getting better. However, with a lot of snow being transported and the associated poor snow and high avalanche risk, the possibilities were severely limited