Significant avalanche danger in all aspects! Even a single person can trigger a slab avalanche!
The avalanche danger is considerable above the tree line (level 3) and moderate below. Fresh snowdrift accumulations in all aspects and in some places down to forest aisles 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 60 cm of new fallen snow has fallen since Thursday, partly interspersed with graupel. Stormy westerly to north-westerly winds have brought the snow to the eastern sectors on a large scale, but locally all directions and also forest aisles below the tree line can be affected. The fresh wind slab snow may contain weak layers and usually 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
Tuesday will be mild and the clouds will soften. The danger level changes little, but naturally triggered avalanches occur more frequently due to the warming.
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, but locally also in other aspects and in forest aisles, 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. Stormy westerly to north-westerly winds have brought the snow to the eastern sectors on a large scale, but locally all directions and also forest aisles below the tree line can be affected. 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
Tuesday will be mild and the clouds will soften. The avalanche risk will change only slightly for the time being.
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 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
Tuesday will be mild and the clouds will soften. The avalanche risk remains low.
