Avalanche.report Tuesday 10 December 2024

Danger level

2000m

Avalanche Problem

Wind slab

2000m

Caution: older drift snow in higher alpine regions, especially in gullies and bowls with old snowpacks.

The Avalanche danger above around 2.000 m AMSL is moderate, below 2.000 m AMSL: low. Stormy winds from west to northwest cleared out exposed slopes but drifted snow towards gullies and bowls behind ridgelines. Snowdirftpacks tend to be prone to triggering, possible with bigger additional load. Danger spots are hardly visible due to new snowpack layers. Small to medium slab avalanches are possible.

Snowpack

The amount of new snow from Saturday is about 50 cm. The snow got on bare soils, fresh snow drift in gullies and bowls in highe shady slopes got on bonded snow from the last Novemberdays which transformed to facetted snow crystals. The bonding is weak. Little amounts of freshly fallen snow since Saturday causing hidden danger spots.

Tendency

Decreasing wind slab problem.

Danger level

Avalanche Problem

Wind slab

Small Danger zones due to snow drifts

A few danger spots caused by freshly fallen drift snow layers on old snow packs from the last Novemberdays are located in shady slopes. Slab avalanches can only be triggered by higher additional loads. The scale of such avalanches would be small (sluff).

Snowpack

South of the Alps few snow, expected snowfall during the night predominately north of the Alps. Precipitations from the Italian low pressure system are expected only on the edges of the southern Alps with little amounts of snow and only few winds.

Tendency

No significant changes of the avalanche danger.