When the current snow conditions allow only limited sensible ski tours, it is an advantage to know the snowpack structure when the hopefully soon to come fresh snow arrives. Widespread settling in moderately steep terrain points to a locally weak snowpack. In places the situation is "treacherous!"
22.01.2026
Fact-finding tour to the Sommerwandferner!
When the current snow conditions allow sensible ski tours only to a limited extent, it is an advantage to know the snowpack structure when the hopefully soon to come fresh snow …
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