Kitzbühel Alps Wildschönau

Wind slabs at elevated altitudes. Moist snow slides during the day.

Wind slabs at elevated altitudes. Moist snow slides during the day.

More recent wind slabs can be released in isolated cases, especially on extremely steep shady slopes above approximately 2600 m. As a consequence of warming more frequent moist snow slides are possible as the day progresses, but they will be mostly small, caution is to be exercised in particular in extremely steep terrain. Even a small avalanche can sweep winter sport participants along and give rise to falls.

The small wind slabs of the last few days are lying on soft layers on steep shady slopes at elevated altitudes. They are in isolated cases prone to triggering. The high temperatures as the day progresses will give rise to increasing moistening of the snowpack. Over a wide area 5 to 10 cm of snow will fall in the evening.

Over a wide area up to 30 cm of snow, and even more in some localities, will fall on Thursday. As a consequence of the new snow there will be a gradual increase in the avalanche danger.