Lower Tauern North

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

The avalanche danger is low. Only very rarely can drift snow packs be triggered by individuals in shady slopes, avalanches remain small. In areas adjacent to the ridgeline, crest or summit, there are very occasional trigger points for small avalanches that are difficult to disturb, even in persistent weak layers.

The snow depth is well below average for the time of year, low to medium altitudes and the sunny slopes are widely covered in snow. The unproductive snowfall comes to rest at high altitudes on a mostly compact, hard-frozen snow cover, snowpack. At high altitudes on the shady slopes, weak layers of faceted crystals are occasionally preserved in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts.

On Wednesday, it will snow lightly from the morning onwards, especially in the eastern regions, with light and unproductive snowfall spreading to all mountain regions during the day. The wind will be weak to moderately strong, in the northern Alps also brisk from easterly directions. The wind peaks will reach around 40 km/h in open areas. The temperature at 2000 metres will be around -7 degrees Celsius, at 3000 metres around -9 degrees Celsius. The snowfall will soon subside on Thursday night and the clouds will begin to clear.

The avalanche danger remains low.