Avalanche.report

Wednesday 22 January 2025

Published 21 Jan 2025, 17:48:00


Danger level



Little snow on the ground.

Avalanches are hardly possible in gullies and bowls.

Snowpack

The old snowpack is expansively metamorphosed, with a loosely-packed surface with surface hoar and faceted crystals

Tendency

No significant change expected in avalanche danger levels


Danger level



Be careful of snowdrifts.

Freshly generated snowdrift accumulations are small-sized yet still often prone to triggering, particularly in gullies and bowls along the Salzburg border, such danger zones are easy to recognize. Avalanches can in isolated cases fracture down to more deeply embedded layers in the old snopwack and then grow to medium size. Apart from the risks of being buried in snow masses, the danger of taking a fall and being swept along also require consideration.

Snowpack

Freshly generated and older snowdrift accumulations lie deposited particularly above 2400m were depositedon W/N/E facing slopes. More deeply embedded inside the old snowpack are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers, esp. on shady wind-protected slopes. Clear skies are forecast, with low temperatures and low air moisture. Thus, the snowpack will expansively metamorphose during the nocturnal hours. The snowpack is highly diverse even over small areas. There is little snow on the ground.

Tendency

No significant change anticiated in avalanche danger


Danger level



Isolated danger zones in gullies and bowls

Older snowdrift accumulations are generally small-sized, triggerable only in isolated cases, esp.on wind-protected shady slopes above 2000m, esp. in transitions into gullies and bowls and at the foot of rocky cliffs and behind protruberances in the landscape. Apart from the risks of being buried in snow masses, the danger of being swept along and forced to take a fall require consideration.

Snowpack

The older snowdrifts blanket a weak old snowpack. The snowpack is highly diverse even over small areas. Only little snow on the ground from region to region below 1600m. Clear nighttime skies are forecast, with low temperatures and low air moisture. Thus, the snowpack will expansively metamorphose during the nocturnal hours. The snowpack is highly diverse even over small areas. Below 1600m very little snow on the ground.

Tendency

No significant change in avalanche danger levels expected