Fresh snow and drifts are trigger-sensitive esp on shady steep slopes, small-to-medium avalanches can be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts in steep terrain. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall require adequate caution. On steep grass-covered slopes with sufficient snow on the ground or atop smooth ground, increasingly frequent small-to-medium glide-snow avalanches are possible.
Snowpack
At high altitudes, 10-20 cm of fresh snow is expected by Thursday evening, locally up to 30cm, to be deposited by strong-velocity S/SW winds as fresh snowdrifts atop soft layers on shady slopes, often with blanketed graupel, bonding only moderately good. The highly diverse snowpack is well consolidated. Below 1500m there is little snow on the ground. On sunny slopes and at lower altitudes the fresh snow will fall on bare ground.
Tendency
No significant change expected before the next major precipitation
Danger level
2000m
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
2000m
Caution: small-area snowdrift accumulations at high altitudes
Avalanche danger is moderate at high altitudes. Fresh snow and drifts are trigger-sensitive esp on shady steep slopes, small-to-medium avalanches can be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts in steep terrain. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall require adequate caution. On steep grass-covered slopes with sufficient snow on the ground or atop smooth ground, increasingly frequent small-to-medium glide-snow avalanches are possible.
Snowpack
At high altitudes10-20 cm of fresh snow is expected by Thursday evening, locally up to 30cm, to be deposited by strong-velocity S/SW winds as fresh snowdrifts atop soft layers on shady slopes, often with blanketed graupel, bonding only moderately good. The highly diverse snowpack is well consolidated. Below 1500m there is little snow on the ground. On sunny slopes and at lower altitudes the fresh snow will fall on bare ground.
Tendency
Avalanche danger will increase somewhat with the latest snowfall
