Moist loose-snow slides due to higher daytime temperatures
Avalanche danger is low. The small amount of fresh snow fell on bare ground in many places. At high altitudes it is will bonded with the old snowpack. In isolated cases, small glide-snow avalanches are possible.
Snowpack
Small amounts of fresh snow lie deposited atop a thoroughly wet old snowpack surface. Bare ground at low and intermediate altitudes. All in all, a cohesive area-wide snowpack exists only above 1800m. Very little information from outlying terrain is available to the Avalanche Warning Service.
Tendency
On Sunday, intermittently sunny. Showers possible during the course of the day. Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly, danger remains low.
Danger level
2400m
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
2400m
Wet snow
1800m
Beware: small snowdrifts at high altitude and daytime rise in avalanche danger.
Fresh snowfall and small fresh snowdrifts are increasingly prone to triggering with ascending altitude. Avalanche prone locations occur in ridgeline terrain and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Small triggerings are possible by winter sports enthusiasts, In isolated cases, small glide-snow avalanches are also possible. A cautious route selection is recommended. During the course of the day due to solar radiation and higher daytime temperatures, increasingly frequent moist slides and loose-snow avalanches are possible where snowfall has been heavier.
Snowpack
Due to the recent snowfall and intermittently moderate-velocity winds, fresh snowdrift accumulations have been generated in high-altitude ridgeline terrain. The old snowpack is thoroughly wet up to high altitudes.In seldom-tracked terrain on shady steep slopes in high-alpine zones, there are unfavorable intermediate layers inside the snowpack. There have, however, been now avalanches reported over the last few days. Very little information from outlying terrain is available to the Avalanche Warning Service.
Tendency
Danger of dry-snow avalanches will recede. Due to higher daytime temperatures and solar radiation, increasingly frequent loose-snow slides and small avalanches will be possible.
