Caution: freshly generated snowdrift accumulations prone to triggering in places
Fresh drifts require attentiveness in high-altitude ridgeline and pass areas, they can be released by one sole skier and are mostly small-sized. The risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall deserve adequate consideration. Weak layers in the old snow can be triggered in steep shady terrain above 2400m, esp. in transitions from shallow to deeper snow and in zones where the snow is shallow. On very steep sunny slopes, moist slides and small loose-snow avalanches are possible. The danger of small, in isolated cases medium-sized glide-snow avalanches is still difficult to assess. Caution urged below glide cracks.
Snowpack
The below-average snowpack is well consolidated by and large. In high altitude pass and rigeline zones, small fresh, often trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations require attentiveness, esp. on steep shady slopes these drifts have been deposited. On sunny slopes the most recent snowfall is already moist and is forming a melt-freeze crust. During the daytime hours, this crust softens up again. On shady steep slopes at high altituds there are weak layer evident in the lower part of the snowpack.
Tendency
Ground-level weak layers at high altitudes often remain prone to triggering
Fresh drifts require attentiveness in high-altitude ridgeline and pass areas, they can be released by one sole skier and are mostly small-sized. Frequency and size of danger zones tend to increase with ascending altitude. The snowdrifts can be triggered as a small slab avalanche. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and being forced to take a fall require adequate consideration. The danger of small, in isolated cases medium-sized glide-snow avalanches is still difficult to assess. Caution urged below glide cracks.
Snowpack
The below-average snowpack is well consolidated by and large. In high altitude pass and rigeline zones, small fresh, often trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations require attentiveness, esp. on steep shady slopes these drifts have been deposited. On sunny slopes the most recent snowfall is already moist and is forming a melt-freeze crust. During the daytime hours, this crust softens up again.
Tendency
Avalanche danger levels will slowly recede.
Danger level
1800m
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
1800m
Only few danger zones
Avalanche danger is low. Isolated triggerings are possible in extremely steep terrain. In high-altittude pass and ridgeline zones, small-area fresh drifts require attentiveness. They are often prone to triggering but small sized. The danger of being swept along and forced to take a fall outweighs that of being buried in snow masses. The risk of small glide-snow avalances continues to be difficult to assess. Caution urged below glide cracks.
Snowpack
The below-average snowpack is well consolidated by and large. In high altitude pass and rigeline zones, small fresh, often trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations require attentiveness, esp. on steep shady slopes these drifts have been deposited. On sunny slopes the most recent snowfall is already moist and is forming a melt-freeze crust. During the daytime hours, this crust softens up again.
Tendency
Avalanche danger levels not expected to change significantly
