Border Pennine Alps

Fresh and older wind slabs represent the main danger.

Fresh and older wind slabs represent the main danger.

In particular adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls precarious wind slabs formed. Snow sport participants can release avalanches in isolated cases, including medium-sized ones. The hard wind slabs of the last few days are to be bypassed as far as possible.

In some regions 5 to 15 cm of snow, but less in some localities, has fallen since Monday above approximately 2000 m. Over a wide area various wind slab layers are lying on the smooth surface of an old snowpack. At higher altitudes snow depths vary greatly, depending on the infuence of the wind. Faceted weak layers exist in the bottom section of the snowpack at intermediate and high altitudes. In all altitude zones only a small amount of snow is lying for the time of year.