Caution on very steep slopes in high-alpine zones. Beware daytime rise in temperature.
The recent snowdrifts are still prone to triggering, one sole skier can trigger small-to-medium sized avalanches. Danger zones occur in steep shady ridgeline terrain and wind-loaded gullies and bowls, they increase with ascending altitude. Due to daytime warming and solar radiation, mostly small loose-snow avalanches are possible esp. on sun-basked and rocky steep slopes. The danger of small, in isolated cases medium-sized glide-snow avalances remains difficult to assess.
Snowpack
Recent fresh fallen snow and snowdrift accumulations often lie deposited atop a soft, at intermediate altitudes atop an encrusted old snowpack surface. Bonding deteriorates with increasing altitude, there are often weak layers. On steep shady slopes the uppermost layers of the snowpack are often soft, on sunny slopes already bonded and in the early morning hours capable of bearing loads. The snowpack is throughly wet up to high altitudes but all-in-all well consolidated. Due to daytime rise in temperatures and solar radiation, the snowpack weakens as the day unfolds.
Tendency
Danger of dry-snow avalanches not expected to change in high alpine zones. Due to warmth and solar radiation, increasingly frequent slides and loose-snow avalanches expected.
BEFORE NOON Danger level
Avalanche Problem
Wet snow
AFTERNOON Danger level
1600m
Avalanche Problem
Wet snow
1600m
Favorable conditions. Beware daytime warming.
Avalanche danger in the morning is low. Winter sports enthusiasts can trigger avalanches in extremely steep terrain, usually small releases. 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. Due to daytime warming and solar radiation esp. on sun-bathed and rocky steep terrain, but also on shady slopes to an increasing degree, slides and mostly small-sized wet-snow avalanches are possible. Small, in isolated cases medium-sized glide-snow avalanches continue to be possible.
Snowpack
Recent fresh snow has settled further, is well bonded with the old snowpack, which is moist up to high altitudes but well consolidated in the morning. During the daytime it softens and forfeits its firmness. At low altitudes, only little snow on the ground.
Tendency
Due to warmth and solar radiation, increasingly frequent slides and loose-snow avalanches expected.
