Avalanche.report

Wednesday 15 January 2025

Published 14 Jan 2025, 17:00:00


Danger level

2000m
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
2000m


Frequency of avalanche prone locations increases slightly due to new snow.

Avalanche danger above 2000m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Snowdrifts create problematic situations. Slab avalanches can be triggered even by the weight of one sole person. Avalanche prone locations occur in very steep ridgeline terrain in all aspects as well as in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. The releases will mostly be small-sized. The risks of being swept along outweigh those of being buried in snow masses.

Snowpack

Close to ridgelines, wind from varying directions and a bit of snow will generate trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations that will be deposited atop older snowdrifts or loose snow. Wind-exposed east-facing crests and ridges are frequently heavily corniced. In north-facing terrain there are soft layers underneath a melt-freeze crust in the uppermost part of the snowpack. The old snowpack base is stable, at intermediate altitudes slightly moist down to the ground.

Tendency

Snowdrifts are consolidating. Frequency of danger zones will decrease.


Danger level


Avalanche Problem
Wind slab


Small-scale snowdrifts are problematic.

Avalanche danger is low. Snowdrifts can be problematic. Fresh small snowdrift accumulations can be triggered as small slab avalanches by minimal additional loading. Isolated avalanche prone locations occur in particular in extremely steep ridgeline terrain in N-E-S aspects. Dangers of being swept along and injured outweigh those of being buried in snow masses.

Snowpack

Westerly winds and a bit of snow will generate isolated trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations. The fresh drifts will be deposited atop older snowdrifts or loose snow. Wind-exposed east-facing crests and ridges are frequently heavily corniced. In north-facing terrain there are soft layers underneath a melt-freeze crust in the uppermost part of the snowpack. The old snowpack base is stable, moist down to the ground. Areas that have previously been bare are blanketed by only a few centimeters of snow.

Tendency

No change of avalanche danger.