Snowdrifts often still prone to triggering at high altitudes
Fresh snow and fresh snowdrift accumulations are often triggerable by one sole skier and then possibly growing to medium size. Danger zones tend to increase with ascending altitude, particularly on steep shady slopes, behind protruberances in the landscape and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Activities in backcountry demand experience in avalanche danger assessment. At lower altitudes, danger is moderate. Due to higher temperatures, loose-snow slides and increasingly frequent small glide-snow avalanches are possible on sunny slopes.
Snowpack
Intermittently strong-velocity winds at high altitude ridgeline terrain have generated to fresh snowdrift accumulations. The most recent bout of fresh snow and drifts is only poorly bonded with the soft snowpack surface on high-altitude shady steep slopes, often the snowdrifts have been blanketed by fresher snowfall. On sunny slopes the most recent snowfall is well bonded, the old snowpack beneath it is well consolidated. At lower altitudes the fresh snow often fell on bare ground.
Tendency
Avalanche danger levels will decrease further
Danger level
treeline
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
Treeline
Wet snow
Fresh snow and snowdrifts often still prone to triggering
Fresh snow and fresh snowdrift accumulations are often triggerable by large additional loading and then possibly growing to medium size. Danger zones occur particularly on steep shady slopes, behind protruberances in the landscape and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. In isolated cases, slab avalanches can be triggered in extremely steep terrain in the old snow. At lower altitudes, loose-snow slides and on steep grass-covered slopes glide-snow avalanches are possible.
Snowpack
Fresh snow and drifts have been able to settle further. Especially on steep shaday slopes they are often poorly bonded with the soft layers of the old snowpack, and frequently the drifts have been blanketed by fresh snow. The old snowpack beneath it is well consolidated. At low altitudes the fresh snow fell on bare ground. On sunny slopes the fresh snow has already bonded well.
