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Avalanche.report

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Published 4 Feb 2025, 17:00:00

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Danger level

1700m
Avalanche Problem
Persistent weak layer
1700m


Weak expression of persistent weak layers and gliding snow problems.

Low avalanche danger. Small slab avalanches can be triggered with high additional loads in some places. Danger spots are found in extreme steep terrain on the transition from little to high amounts of snow in the expositions west via north to east. Spontaneous gliding snow avalanches coming from steep slopes with smooth surfaces are also possible.

Snowpack

The snow cover and is predominantly stable. Only in shady slopes in higher altitudes an old snow layer which is weakened by kinetic metamorphosis is found. On sunny slopes surface hoar is formed during the night which will soften during the day. On shady areas the snow on top is often still loose and in exposed areas hard and wind pressed. The snow base is partially moist, gliding movements of the snow cover can’t be ruled out. medium and low altitudes only little amount of snow is found.

Tendency

Thursday will be increasingly cloudy and it will cool significantly but only little snowfall is called in the northern Alps. The Avalanche danger is not significantly changing.


Danger level



Avalanche danger low, little snow.

Avalanche danger low. Only in some places in high, steep and shady gullies and bowls small avalanches within the old snow can be triggered with high additional loads. The surface of the snow cover is often hard. Risk of injuries is more likely than risks of falling or being buried.

Snowpack

In general the snow amount is below the average. Southern slopes and exposed areas are predominately bare. The thin snow cover is solidified on the surface with hoar. Elsewhere it is wet even in high altitudes. In places in northern and eastern exposed high-altitudes areas thin layers of snowdrift, which is weakened due to kinetic metamorphosis (faceting).

Tendency

Thursday will be increasingly cloudy and it will cool significantly but only little snowfall is called in the northern Alps. The Avalanche danger is not significantly changing.