Caution urged on steep, shady high-altitude slopes. Beware fresh snowdrifts.
Slab avalanches can be triggered in the old snow in some places with large additional loading. Caution is urged on very steep, shady high altitude slopes. In addition, small-sized snowdrift accumulations can be triggered in ridgeline terrain and behind protruberances in the landscape with increasing frequency at ascending altitudes, the drifts are prone to triggering. Small-to-medium sized slab avalanches can be triggerred by winter sports enthusiasts. Especially on steep grass-covered slopes, small-sized glide-snow avalanches continue to be possible. Be careful beneath glide cracks.
Snowpack
Only small amounts of snowfall are being registered, deposited on top of a moist, superficially melt-freeze encrusted old snowpack surface up to high altitudes. With increasing altitude, particularly in ridgeline and pass zones, as well as behind protruberances in the landscape, small freshly-generated snowdrift accumulations occur. At high altitudes, especially on shady slopes, there are faceted intermediate layers inside the snowpack. These can be triggered in some places. There is still inadequate information available from off-piste terrain to the Avalanche Warning Service.
Tendency
Avalanche danger is not expected to change significantly.
Danger level
Avalanche Problem
Gliding snow
Persistent weak layer
1800m
Predominantly low avalanche danger
Avalanche danger is low. In extremely steep, especially shady terrain, small avalanches can be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts. Apart from being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to fall also require caution. Particularly naturally triggered slides and small-to-medium sized glide-snow avalanches are possible.
Snowpack
A few centimetres of fresh fallen snow lie deposited up to high altitudes on top of a thoroughly wet, well settled old snowpack surface with near-surface melt-freeze crusts. Small snowdrift accumulations have been freshly generated in ridgeline terrain. On steep, grass-covered slopes, isolated glide cracks and small glide-snowslides have been observed. There is still inadequate information available from off-piste terrain to the Avalanche Warning Service.
Tendency
No significant change in the avalanche situation is anticipated.
