The avalanche danger is moderate above 2200 metres and low below. Since yesterday, storms from the northwest have deposited fresh wind slab snow on an unfavourably built-up old snow surface. Small avalanches in particular can be triggered by individual people in some places from around 2200 metres. Be especially careful in terrain traps, areas adjacent to the ridgeline, crest or summit and in gullies and bowls.
Snowpack
The snow cover, snowpack is highly variable. In high, shady slopes, there is usually edged snow without binding under the wind slab and the melt-freeze crust. The fracture propagation potential is generally low due to the overall highly structured snow cover, snowpack. Fractures are most possible in fresh wind slab snow, above the hard old snow foundation from early winter, or very rarely in the vicinity of crusts. The snow depth is well below average at all altitudes.
Tendency
The avalanche danger will remain moderate at high altitudes on Thursday.
Danger level
Watch out locally for small snowdrift accumulations.
The avalanche danger is low. Since yesterday, up to 15 cm of new fallen snow has been transported by north-westerly winds onto mostly bare ground. The risk of burial outweighs the risk of injury from stones underneath.
Snowpack
A few centimetres of new or wind-slab snow lie on the bare ground, in blown-in areas even a little more.
Tendency
The avalanche risk increases slightly with further new fallen snow and wind, but remains low on Thursday.
Danger level
2200m
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
2200m
Fresh wind slab prone to triggering.
The avalanche danger is low. With new fallen snow and a stormy wind from the northwest, fresh prone-to-triggering snow packs have been forming since yesterday, which can be triggered by individuals in a few places from around 2200 metres. Enough snow could accumulate in isolated terrain traps to bury people. Take care behind exposed ridges and ridgelines, in gullies and bowls. In shady slopes at high altitudes, there are still very few trigger points in persistent weak layers that are difficult to disturb. The risk of injury from stones is not easily recognisable everywhere.
Snowpack
Fresh wind slab snow has been deposited on the highly variable and crusted old snowpack since yesterday, more in the north-east than in the south-west. At high altitudes, the connection to the transformed old snow surface is rather poor. In shady slopes at high altitudes, weak layers of faceted crystals have been preserved in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts. Due to the overall heavily transformed snow cover, the fracture propagation potential in the persistent weak layer is generally low.
Tendency
The avalanche danger remains low on Thursday.
Danger level
Rare release points and risk of injury from stones.
The avalanche risk is low, but injury from stones and falling remain the main dangers. In gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, crests or summits in shady slopes, there are very occasional trigger points in persistent weak layers that are difficult to disturb. Only very rarely can fresh drift snow packs be triggered by individuals. Avalanches remain small.
Snowpack
There is a below-average amount of snow and the snow cover, snowpack is highly variable in the interior. In shady slopes at high altitudes, weak layers of faceted crystals are occasionally preserved in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts. The fracture propagation potential is generally low due to the overall highly structured snow cover, snowpack.
