Snow report Zillertal, 10/04/2018

Snow condition

There's not much snow up on the glacier yet. Thanks to the last snowfall, it is at least enough to ski on a little snow and not on bare ice. In some places, however, the ice is already reappearing. Descent to Tuxer Fernerhaus possible.

Snow quality

Depending on the exposure and time of day, very variable between icy and hard pistes (Gefrorene Wand + final slope Tuxer Fernerhausabfahrt) to wet snow (Olpererpisten). Some sections of the slopes are also quite easy to ski.

All the crevasses are still wide open and some of them are right next to the piste. I will attach some pictures of the crevasse zone.

Overall impression

It was nice to have a snowboard under my feet again and make a few first turns and jumps of the new winter season. Otherwise, it's only worth going to Hintertux at the moment for park riders (it's currently the opening weekend) or for lovers of hard slopes.
Otherwise, we enjoyed the great view and took a few pictures of the surrounding steep faces and glaciers.

Olperer Nordgrat had apparently not been climbed since the last snowfall and looked partly icy. The approach via the glacier hump was also mostly bare (see pictures).