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), below it is low. In particular, older snowdrift accumulations, but also bonded snow in all aspects due to warming, can be triggered as medium slab avalanches in many places, especially behind ridgelines, terrain edges and in gullies and bowls, even under slight additional load.
Snowpack
Up to 60 cm of new fallen snow has fallen since Thursday. The snow has been transported to the eastern sectors by stormy westerly to north-westerly winds over a large area, but locally all directions and also forest aisles below the tree line may be affected. As a result of the warming, a bound snow layer will also develop in places where there was previously unbound powder. Weak layers are mainly found between drift and new fallen snow and the old snowpack (unstable layer of faceted crystals). In the foundation of the snow cover, kinetic metamorphism (floating snow) weakens the stability.
Tendency
Wednesday will be mild and mostly sunny. Although the warming may lead to some spontaneous avalanches, the avalanche danger is slowly decreasing.
Danger level
treeline
Avalanche Problem
Persistent weak layer
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. In particular, older snowdrift accumulations, but also bonded snow in all aspects can be triggered as a small to medium slab avalanche in some places, especially 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. The snow has been transported to the eastern sectors by stormy westerly to north-westerly winds on a large scale, but all directions can be affected locally. Due to the warming, a bound snow layer is also developing in places where there was previously unbound powder. Weak layers are mainly found between drift and new fallen snow and the old snowpack (unstable layer of faceted crystals). In the foundation of the snow cover, kinetic metamorphism (floating snow) weakens the stability.
Tendency
Wednesday will be mild and mostly sunny. Although the warming may lead to some spontaneous avalanches, the avalanche danger is slowly decreasing.
Danger level
treeline
Avalanche Problem
Persistent weak layer
Treeline
Low avalanche danger, but isolated avalanche prone locations!
The avalanche danger is low. However, older snowdrift accumulations in gullies and bowls and behind broad ridges and ridgelines above the tree line can occasionally be triggered as small slab avalanches.
Snowpack
Snowdrift accumulations often lie on faceted crystals or surface hoar, which can act as a weak layer. However, the warming has a stabilising effect on this weak layer. Windward terrain is usually blown off and almost snow-free.
Tendency
Wednesday will be mild and mostly sunny. The avalanche risk remains low.
