Hochschwab Mountains

Avalanche danger low. Persistent weak layers in shady high areas!

Avalanche danger low. Persistent weak layers in shady high areas!

Avalanche danger is in general low. A few danger spots exist. Medium slab avalanches can be triggered by high additional especially in entries to extremely steep shady gullies, bowls and slopes above 1.900 m. The amount of danger spots is increasing with height. Small spontaneous loose-snow and slab avalanches are to expect on sunny slopes.

Older snowdrift deposits are placed on a weak base in shady high areas. Apart that the snowcover could stabil in the most case due to warming. The snowcover base itself is built by faceted snow and relatively soft. In sunny expositions the snow will get wet and will loose its stability on the surface.

On Friday mild an d prdominantly sunny mountain weather is called. From noon on high, thin veil clouds are coming from southwest which do not really blurr the visibility. In the evening clouds in medium heights are coming. Moderate southwesterly winds. Temperatures at noon in 2.000 m are around 5 degrees in the west and 3 degrees in the east of the Styrian mountain region.

On Saturday predominantly cloudy, chaning mountain weather without noteworthy precipitation is to expect. The avalanche danger stays low.