Middle Lys Valley

As you climb higher in altitude, danger spots are more widespread.

Tuesday: 5 to 10 cm of snow, and even more in some localities, will fall until the evening above approximately 1600 m. The fresh snow and especially the wind-blown snow drifts, both soft and hard, cover a thin layer of old snow and partly also surface hoar. Faceted weak layers exist in the old snowpack in particular on west, north and east facing slopes. Since Friday on very steep slopes several small to medium-sized avalanches occurred naturally. Isolated small to medium-sized slab avalanches have been released by people in the last three days.

The avalanche danger will increase quickly during the day.

As you climb higher in altitude, danger spots are more widespread.

Weak layers in the old snowpack necessitate caution. Even single winter sport participants can release avalanches. They can be triggered in deep layers of the snowpack and reach medium size. Remotely triggered avalanches are possible. Whumpfing sounds and the formation of shooting cracks when stepping on the snowpack serve as an alarm sign. As a consequence of new snow and wind the avalanche prone locations will become more prevalent in the afternoon. The soft wind slabs will become increasingly prone to triggering in particular on north to east to south facing aspects. As the snowfall becomes more intense individual natural avalanches are possible in the evening, but they will be mostly small.