Snow report Zillertal, 04/28/2017

Snow condition

There was about 50cm of fresh snow at the valley station of the Geltscherbahn today, before that it was probably already quite green. Generally speaking, it looks better than it has done all season. There was hardly any contact with stones, only occasionally in the very stony terrain.

Snow quality

Fluffy powder snow at minus 12 degrees at the summit. The fresh snow fell without much wind influence. I haven't had fresh snow this deep for a long time and as it was really great until midday, this time I give it 4 stars. Further down and from midday at the latest, however, the snow became quite heavy.

According to the LLB warning level 3, I would confirm this. Especially below 2000m, the weight of the snow cover is likely to be problematic. Yesterday, the roads on the access road were probably also closed in between, as a lot of snow slabs came off the meadows. However, pretty much everything was driven on today and there were no fresh slabs to be seen.

Overall impression

It was a really great day in itself, but everyone really wanted to know it again today. I've never seen such a hustle and bustle in the terrain. By 10 a.m., pretty much everything that was possible had already been ridden. People weren't even afraid of short ascents with skins today.