CAUTION: Increasing danger of moist/wet avalanches due to rainfall. Fresh drifts at high altitudes.
Due to rainfall, increasingly frequent moist/wet avalanches are possible below 2000m, esp. on very steep slopes in all aspects. Avalanches tend to be small-sized, triggerable even by one sole person. Moderate strength winds from the south: often trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations will be generated in ridgeline teerrain, esp. at high altitudes. Weak layers inside the old snow can be triggered in isolated cases, esp. on very steep W/N/E facing slopes and at the foot of rock wall. Avalanches can in isolated cases grow to medium size.
Snowpack
dp.3: rain dp.6: cold, loose snow and wind
Rainfall below 2000m, above that altitude up to 15cm of fresh snow is expected, locally more, esp. at high altitudes in SW regions. Winds will transport the fresh and old snow. Fresh drifts will be deposited on W/N/E facing slopes at high altitudes atop soft layers. In the lowermost part of the snowpack on W/N/E facing slopes there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers evident.
Tendency
Rising avalanche danger during the daytime due to rain, snow, wind
Danger level
2400m
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
2400m
Wet snow
2000m
Caution: weak layers in old snow and freshly generated snowdrifts.
Due to moderate-to-strong southerly winds, fresh snowdrift accumulations have been generated esp. in ridgeline terrain. The fresh drifts are small but often prone to triggering, esp. a high altitudes, releases can reach medium size, particularly on W/N/E facing slopes and at the foot of rock walls at high altitudes. Due to rainfall, isolated small wet loose-snow avalanches are possible, esp. on steep slopes in all aspects.
Snowpack
dp.6: cold, loose snow and wind dp.3: rain
Rainfall below 2000m, above that altitude up to 10cm of fresh snow is expected, locally more, esp. at high altitudes in SW regions. Winds will transport the fresh and old snow. Fresh drifts will be deposited on W/N/E facing slopes at high altitudes atop soft layers. In the lowermost part of the snowpack on W/N/E facing slopes there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers evident.
Tendency
Rising avalanche danger during the daytime due to rain, snow, wind
Danger level
Isolated danger zones
Due to rainfall, moist/wet avalanches are possible, esp. on very steep slopes in all aspects. Avalanche releases mostly small-sized. Due to moderate southerly winds, small snowdrifts are being generated in high altitude ridgeline terrain.
Snowpack
dp.3: rain dp.6: cold, loose snow and wind
Rainfall regionally up to 2000m, snowfall above that altitude. Winds will transport the fresh and old snow. Inside the snowpack on shady sloeps are faceted expansively metamorphosed weak layers.
