Snow report Zillertal, 02/05/2020

Snow condition

Despite the warm temperatures over the last few days, there is still plenty of snow. Where it is now becoming critical, however, is on the windward sides above the tree line. The wind was quite strong and in some places there was hardly any snow at all. There is about 1.40m of snow in the forest.

Snow quality

Overnight there was about 30-40cm of fresh snow and today there was also some more snow during the day. The snow was quite powdery, but it solidified towards the afternoon. Above the tree line there was quite a lot of drift snow, at least that's what it looked like. As most of the lifts were closed and visibility was very poor, we were only out and about in the trees.

According to the LLB warning level 3, I would confirm this, but I would say that it is a rather tense 3. Towards the afternoon in particular, you could clearly see that the fresh snow was settling. Due to the rain over the last few days, there is a thin layer of snow about 5-10 cm thick. This serves as a good slide. The drifting snow was also not without its problems, and unfortunately the wind picked up again towards midday and did not die down as predicted.

Overall impression

In the right place at the right time :) We played poker with the lifts and were lucky this time that the Holzalm chairlift was open. Apart from the two tugs in the valley, everything else was closed today.