Significant avalanche danger above the tree line. Even a single person can trigger a slab avalanche!
The avalanche danger is considerable above the tree line (level 3), below it is low. Fresh snowdrift accumulations, mainly in the north, east and south sectors, can be triggered as medium slab avalanches in many places behind ridgelines, terrain edges and in gullies and bowls, even with a small additional load.
Snowpack
Up to 40 cm of new fallen snow has fallen since Thursday, sometimes interspersed with graupel. It will continue to snow until Sunday morning. The snow has been transported to the eastern sectors by strong westerly to north-westerly winds and is forming bonded snow there. The fresh wind slab can contain weak layers and often lies on an unstable layer of faceted crystals or surface hoar. In the foundation of the snow cover, kinetic metamorphism (floating snow) weakens the stability.
Tendency
Monday will be significantly warmer during the course of the day, with the possibility of a little precipitation towards the evening. The avalanche risk will hardly change for the time being.
Danger level
treeline
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
Treeline
Moderate avalanche danger above the tree line. Even a single person can trigger a slab avalanche!
The avalanche danger is moderate above the tree line (level 2) and low below. Fresh snowdrift accumulations, mainly in the north, east and south sectors, can be triggered as medium slab avalanches in some places behind ridgelines, terrain edges and in gullies and bowls even with a small additional load.
Snowpack
Up to 30 cm of new fallen snow has fallen since Thursday, partly interspersed with graupel. The snow has been transported to the eastern sectors by brisk westerly to north-westerly winds and is forming bonded snow there. In regions and terrain with little wind, the new fallen snow remains soft and powdery. The fresh wind slab often lies on an unstable layer of faceted crystals or surface hoar. In the foundation of the snow cover, kinetic metamorphism (floating snow) weakens the stability.
Tendency
Monday will be significantly warmer during the course of the day, with the possibility of a little precipitation towards the evening. The avalanche risk will hardly change.
Danger level
treeline
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
Treeline
Low avalanche danger, but watch out for fresh wind slab!
The avalanche danger is low. However, fresh snowdrift accumulations in gullies and bowls and behind ridges and ridgelines above the tree line are prone to disruption and can be triggered by individuals as small slab avalanches.
Snowpack
Fresh snowdrift accumulations often lie on faceted crystals or surface hoar, which can act as a weak layer. Apart from this, the old snow surface is only covered by a few centimetres of new fallen snow. In general, kinetic metamorphism weakens the thin snow base, fundament. Windward terrain is usually blown off and almost snow-free.
Tendency
Monday will be significantly warmer during the course of the day, with the possibility of a little precipitation towards the evening. The avalanche risk remains low.
