Low avalanche danger - fresh snow covering the meadows.
The avalanche danger is low. There are isolated danger spots. These are located in high, shady, very steep entrances to gullies and hollows. Small slab avalanches can be triggered here in drifting snow, particularly due to high additional loads. In addition to the risk of burial, the danger of being swept away and falling should also be taken into account.
Snowpack
There is still more or less continuous snow cover only at high altitudes and on the shaded side. Exposed terrain forms are mostly blown off and bare or icy, only in hollow forms such as gullies and hollows does an old snow cover exist, which is weakened in places by angular crystals. Fresh snow (10 to 20 cm) is deposited on the layers described, some of which is transported.
Tendency
Wednesday will be sunny and warmer again. The snow cover may settle.
Danger level
treeline
Avalanche Problem
Persistent weak layer
Treeline
Wind slab
Treeline
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Beware of fresh drift snow at high altitudes.
The avalanche danger is rated as moderate above the tree line. Attention must be paid to the drift snow and old snow problem. The danger spots are in the north and east sectors. It cannot be completely ruled out that a snow slab can be triggered with a small additional load. In places, avalanches can tear through an persistent weak layers
Snowpack
At high altitudes, the old snow surface is usually hard and icy. Under the hard layer, the accumulating transformation weakens the snowpack foundation. The tnew snow (up to 20 cm) is deposited on a hard snow layer or, on the north side, on a soft layer, depending on the exposure and altitude. The bonding of the fresh snow or drifting snow layer will not be sufficient. In general, the snow cover is very unevenly distributed, with little snow from the middle elevations downwards.
Tendency
On Wednesday, the high-altitude current will turn back to the west. This means that the clouds in Styria will clear again during the course of the day and make way for sunshine. Rain and snowfall have already subsided during the night and Wednesday will be dry. The avalanche danger remains the same.
