Older and fresher 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
Older and fresh snowdrifts blanket a weak old snowpack, esp. on wind-protected shady slopes. Clear nighttime skies are forecast, with low temperatures and low air moisture. Thus, The snowpack is expansively metamorphosed. The snowpack is highly diverse even over small areas. Below 1600m very little snow on the ground. Hardly any snow on the ground regionally.
Tendency
No significant change in avalanche danger levels expected
Danger level
Be careful of snowdrifts.
Freshly generated snowdrift accumulations are small-sized yet still often prone to triggering, particularly in gullies and bowls above 2400m along the Salzburg border. Avalanches can in isolated cases fracture down to more deeply embedded layers in the old snopwack. 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
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. Below 1600m very little snow on the ground. Hardly any snow on the ground regionally.
Tendency
No significant change expected in avalanche danger levels
