Avalanche.report

Thursday 20 March 2025

Published 19 Mar 2025, 17:00:00


Danger level

2400m
Avalanche Problem
Persistent weak layer
2400m


Caution urged in little-tracked shady terrain. Attention: daytime warming.

Near-surface weak layers are still prone to triggering, esp. on seldom-tracked shady steep slopes. One sole skier can trigger a small-to-medium loose-snow or slab avalanche. 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, isolated small-to-medium glide-snow avalanches are possible. In rocky terrain, increasingly frequent slides and small loose-snow avalanches are possible.

Snowpack

High-altitude shady slopes have small snowdrifts atop often faceted weak soft layers, bonding is often inadequate. At night a breakable crust forms, sometimes capable of bearing loads. On steep north-facing slopes, there is still powder. The old snowpack is well consolidated. On sunny slopes and at lower altitudes the fresh snow will fall on bare ground, the snow is often moist

Tendency

In foehn-impacted regions, fresh snowdrifts can be generated in follow-up days. Due to further rise in temperatures, increasingly frequent wet-snow avalanches can be expected.


Danger level



Predominantly favorable conditions

Due to daytime warmth, slides and small loose-snow avalanches

Avalanche danger is low. Isolated danger zones occur esp. in ridgeline terrain, on shady steep slopes and in extremely steep terrain. One sole skier can trigger a small-to-medium loose-snow or slab avalanche. 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, isolated small-to-medium glide-snow avalanches are possible. In rocky terrain, slides and small loose-snow avalanches are possible.

Snowpack

High-altitude shady slopes have small snowdrifts atop often faceted weak soft layers, bonding is often inadequate. At night a breakable crust forms, sometimes capable of bearing loads. On steep north-facing slopes, there is still powder. The old snowpack is well consolidated. On sunny slopes and at lower altitudes the fresh snow will fall on bare ground, the snow is often moist

Tendency

Transition to springtime conditions, including daytime rise in avalanche danger and increasingly frequent wet-snow avalanches