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The avalanche danger is low. There is usually not enough snow for snow sports and avalanches can hardly be triggered.
There is no closed snow cover, snowpack and the terrain is mostly bare or there is a little new fallen snow on bare ground.
The avalanche danger remains low.
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The avalanche risk is low. Small avalanches in particular can occasionally be triggered by one person in shady slope high alpine regions above 2600 metres. This occurs where the older foehn drift snow has formed a suitable shelf above a weak layer (usually in persistent weak layer). In addition to the risk of burial, the risk of falling and injury should be taken into account.
A little new fallen snow lies on a hard-frozen surface. On the sunny slopes, the snow cover, snowpack softens during the daytime changes. In high, shady slopes, the melt-freeze crust is partly covered by edged snow with no binding, which can serve as a weak layer in exceptional cases, but usually does not tend to propagate fractures. Fractures are most possible within the snow cover, above the hardness of the old snow foundation from early winter or in weak layers near crusts. The snow depth is well below average at all altitudes.
The avalanche danger remains low.
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Only at very high altitudes is there some problematic persistent weak layer in the shady, very steep extreme terrain due to the fresh, very little new fallen snow on Wednesday.
Even at higher altitudes there is very little snow, below that it is often icy or there is no closed snow cover, snowpack. Only a few centimetres of new fallen snow on Wednesday. Below that, the snow cover, snowpack will be hard-frozen or icy in places. When the sun shines, it will soften a little during the day, depending on the aspect.
No significant change in the snow and avalanche situation. No new fallen snow is expected in the following days.
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The avalanche risk is low. Nevertheless, small, spontaneous loose snow avalanches can be expected from steep terrain as the weather warms up and the sun shines.
Up to 30 cm of new fallen snow has fallen in the Koralpe area since Wednesday. The new fallen snow only covers hard persistent weak layers in shady gullies and bowls above the tree line in the northern sector, otherwise it fell on apery ground.
The avalanche danger will remain low over the next few days.
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The avalanche danger is low. Avalanches of a size sufficient to cause burial are not to be expected.
A few centimetres of snow lie on the ground on the shady slopes or on a hard, patchy old snowpack. On the south side, the middle layers are largely free of snow. At higher altitudes, faceted crystals can be found near the surface below the mostly stable melt-freeze crust. Otherwise, the remaining snow cover, snowpack is compact and stable. Away from artificially snow-covered pistes, there is usually too little snow for winter sports.
The avalanche danger does not change.
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The avalanche danger is low. In gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, crests or summits in shady slopes, there are very isolated trigger points in persistent weak layers that are difficult to disturb. Only very rarely can drift snow packs be triggered there by individuals. Avalanches remain small.
The snow depth is well below average for the time of year. There is little new fallen snow on a hard-frozen surface or on bare ground. On sunny slopes, the snow cover, snowpack softens during the daytime changes. At high altitudes on the shady slopes, weak layers of faceted crystals remain in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts.
The avalanche danger remains low.
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Isolated avalanches can be triggered in extremely steep terrain. Most releases are small. Risks of falls and injuries outweigh those of being buried in snow masses. Isolated small-sized glide-snow avalanches are possible.
In some places traces of fresh fallen snow blanket a superficially melt-freeze encrusted, mostly hardened old snowpack surface, which softens up slightly during the daytime hours, particularly on sunny slopes. South-facing slopes are bare of snow up to high altitudes. Only limited information from outlying terrain is currently available to the Avalanche Warning Services.
No significant change anticipated. Low avalanche danger.
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In very isolated cases avalanches can be triggered in persistent weak layers on very steep shady slopes in high alpine regions. These releases are mostly small-sized. The risks of falling and sustaining injuries outweigh those of being buried in snow masses. At very high altitudes over minor areas, freshly generated but small-sized snowdrift accumulations require attentiveness.
In some places traces of fresh fallen snow blanket a superficially melt-freeze encrusted, mostly hardened old snowpack surface, which softens up slightly during the daytime hours, particularly on sunny slopes. South-facing slopes are bare of snow up to high altitudes. Only limited information from outlying terrain is currently available to the Avalanche Warning Services.
Avalanche danger expected to remain low
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The avalanche danger is generally low. Avalanche prone locations can be found at high altitudes in extremely steep gullies in the northern sector, where small slab avalanches can occasionally be triggered by large additional loads. The danger of falling dominates over the danger of avalanches!
The snow surface is mostly hard and icy, with slopes up to over 2000 metres above sea level on sunny slopes. A few centimetres of new fallen snow were added on Wednesday. Below the melting snow crust, kinetic metamorphism is weakening the snow layering on the northern sides.
The avalanche danger will remain low in the coming days.
