Snow Report 21st Oct – Engelberg on the snow!

Engelberg locals, tourists, and friends from the valley came up to ski last week! The pistes on the Glacier are up and running with a great finish, and a staggering 1000 m is skiable, IN OCTOBER! We are having a crazy good start to the season.

The snowpack is solid, the pistes are groomed and we could even take our skis down the piste “roetegg” and down to Stand station, on 2450 m. Without destoying our skis, we might add.

In addition, we had the pleasure of trying the not yet finished pistes all the way down to Trübsee on 1800m. This is not your normal pre-season conditions. We are blown away! (and not by the normal autumn storms this time 😉 ).

The video below was filmed on the glacier, with full glacier safety equipment on Sunday by Anton Thorin, skier Hugo Magnusson.

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It’s official – we’re having a really good pre-season 🏔 Fantastic conditions down to 2200 m.a.s.l. ⠀ Here’s our CEO @hugobosshogg and skier @antonthorin (🎥 drone pilot) en route down the first part of Galtiberg, one of the Big 5 lines in Engelberg, and then they ski toured back up to the glacier lift. ⠀ [SAFETY FIRST: They checked the route with drone first and made sure to be on a safe distance from open crevasses, with the proper gear with them including brain, avalanche safety equipment, glacier rescue equipment and always roped together when ski-touring on the glacier.] ⠀ #skilodgeengelberg #akaskidor #akaskidormag #skiingisbelieving #engelberg #ferieninderschweiz #skitour #glacierskiing #pistesopen #skiengelberg #powder #powwow #ferieninderschwiz #trecking #schweizeralpen #outdoorisfree #engelbergfreeride #winteriscoming

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Hard Facts

Snow depth Mountain (slope, 3.020m): 75 cm
Snow depth Village (1.050m): 0
Snow condition: Powder, partly hard.
Latest snowfall: Thursday 15th of October
Avalanche alert level: —

Weather and Conditions

• SLF AVALANCHE bulletin and Snowpack
• http://www.bergfex.com/engelberg/schneebericht
• METEO BLUE Weather info Engelberg
• http://www.titlis.ch/de/titlis-gebiet/wetter
• http://www.slf.ch/schneeinfo/index_E

// Ski Lodge Engelberg Team