Mürzsteg Alps

Increase in avalanche danger already in the morning!

Spontaneous wet snow avalanches to be expected!

Spontaneous avalanche activity increases with the warming and sunshine. Small to medium-sized wet loose snow and slab avalanches are to be expected in particular on the sunny slopes. Wet slab avalanches can also be triggered by ski tourers. Gliding avalanches are also increasingly to be expected on the sunny slopes.

Due to strong warming and sunny slopes, the snowpack on the sunny side becomes moist, wet and unstable early in the day. In addition to loose snow slides, spontaneous, wet slab avalanches can also be expected in isolated cases, as liquid water in the snowpack can reactivate former weak layers in the persistent weak layer. The avalanches will mostly remain small to medium-sized. On the sunny slopes, the snowpack begins to increasingly glide on slippery ground. There is generally little snow and deeper layers are increasingly thinning out.

Clouds and fog will accumulate on the northern side of the Alps until midnight. In the southern regions, the night passes with few clouds. Easter Sunday will then bring very sunny and very mild mountain weather. The temperature at 2000 metres above sea level will rise to +8 degrees during the day. The wind will blow moderately to briskly from west to north-west. The strongest winds are expected on the eastern side of the Alps.

The temperature will drop slightly on Monday with a weak cold front. The wet snow problem eases a little.