Danger level
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Isolated snowdrift accumulations still prone to triggering!
The avalanche risk is assessed as low. The cold preserves the snowdrift accumulations. The snowdrift accumulations above around 2000 m are still prone to disruption and are mainly located in gullies and bowls that have been blown in as well as behind broad ridges and ridgelines with a northern or eastern aspect. In a few places, the wind slab can be triggered by individuals as a small slab avalanche. However, the avalanche prone locations are easily recognisable. In addition to the risk of burial in terrain traps, the risk of being swept away and falling must also be taken into account.
Snowpack
The snowdrift accumulations that have formed due to the strong to stormy winds of the last few days remain prone to triggering. These often lie on angular shapes, surface hoar or a hardness of old snowpack. The snow surface is hard or icy on sunny slopes and windward terrain. In shady slope terrain, the kinetic metamorphism weakens the snow cover, snowpack.
Tendency
There will be no significant change in the snow and avalanche situation in the coming days. On Thursday, the north-westerly winds will be strong to stormy and it will start to snow lightly in the northern foothills. New snowdrift accumulations will form.