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. Not much snow on the ground below 1500m.
Tendency
Observe daytime rise in avalanche danger
Danger level
1500m
Avalanche Problem
Wet snow
1500m
Predominantly favorable conditions
Due to daytime warmth, slides and small loose-snow avalanches
On sun-bathed steep slopes, increasingly frequent slids and small-to-medium wet-snow avalanches are possible during the course of the day due to solar radiation and daytime rising temperatures. In addition, on steep grass-covered slopes where there is sufficient snow or a smooth ground surface, small glide-snow avalanches are still possible. In addition, isolated danger zones occur esp. in ridgeline shday steep terrain and in extremely steep terrain. Isolated slab avalanches can be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts. 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.
Snowpack
Steep shady slopes have small snowdrifts atop often faceted weak soft layers, bonding is generally adequate. 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 by daytime, lower altitude slopes are becoming bare of snow. Below 1500m there is little snow on the ground.
