Danger level
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Persistent weak layer problem in northern and eastern aspects!
The avalanche risk is assessed as moderate above 1,800 metres and low below that. Slab avalanches can be triggered in some places even with little additional load and can reach medium size when breaking through the persistent weak layer. The danger areas are located in particular in the north to east aspects behind ridgelines and terrain edges as well as in the entrance areas to steep gullies and bowls. As visibility is poor and the avalanche prone locations are sometimes covered by a thin layer of soft new fallen snow, they are not always easy to recognise.
Snowpack
A few centimetres of soft new fallen snow covers surface hoar and, at higher altitudes, older wind slabs in the northern and eastern exposures on an unstable snowpack with weak layers of faceted crystals and floating snow. On the sunny slopes, the old snowpack is mostly settled and quite compact.
Tendency
It may snow a little from the south and east on Sunday and the avalanche risk could increase slightly. The forecasts are still uncertain, however, and it remains to be seen how much snow will ultimately fall and whether the northern congestion regions will also receive new fallen snow.
