Avoid shallow areas on lee aspects in the alpine, where a small windslab avalanche could step down to the basal facets
Lawinenprobleme
Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Hochgebirge
Waldgrenze
Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
Wahrscheinlichkeit
Possible
Größe
1–2
Caution in shallow and unsupported areas where wind slabs have formed.
Deep Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Hochgebirge
Waldgrenze
Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
Wahrscheinlichkeit
Possible
Größe
2–4
Cornice failures or skier travel in shallow snowpack areas are likely ways to trigger this deep weakness in the snowpack.
Weather Forecast
Sunny skies and light winds from the West will continue on Monday. Light snow flurries are expected on Tuesday but will not amount to much snow. We are moving towards spring like conditions with colder overnight temperatures and mid day temperatures rising above 0.
Snowpack Summary
Colder daytime temperatures have locked in the snowpack today. The Feb 13th rain crust lies underneath a melt-freeze crust up to 2000m elevation. The melt-freeze crust goes up to 2200m. A mixture of rounded and facetted layers are sandwiched between these upper layers and the weak depth hoar/ facets prevalent in the lower snowpack down to ground.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches were observed or reported today.
Confidence
Timing of incoming weather systems is uncertain on Tuesday