Lower Tauern South

Loose snow on extremely steep slopes: caution. Avoid slopes with glide cracks.

Loose snow on extremely steep slopes: caution. Avoid slopes with glide cracks.

Avalanche danger is MODERATE. On steeep sunny rocky slopes, small naturally triggered loose-snow avalanches can be expected, increasingly frequent as the day progressses, releases mostly small. On steep grass-covered slopes below 2700 m in all aspects which have not yet discharged, glide-snow avalanches reaching medium size are possible at any time of day or night. Avoid zones below glide cracks! Above 2400 m the freshly generated snowdrift accumulations can trigger a small slab by minimum additional loading. Such danger zones occur esp. on NW/N/E/SE facing steep slopes, behind discontinuities and in gullies. Beware terrain where you can take a fall and discontinuities in the terrain.

The fresh snowfall from the beginning of the week has settled, is generally well bonded with the old snowpack surface. The old snowpack is compact, thoroughly wet except on shady slopes above 2000 m, on sunny slopes up to 2600 m, often wet down to the ground which makes the snow glide over smooth slopes On shady slopes the snowpack above 2400 m still has reserves of cold, weak loose layers can develop. A faceted layer is evident at 1900-2300 m in transitions from loose snow to the old snowpack base. The snow lying atop of it is unbonded, thus, does not constitute a slab.

On Friday, intermittent sunshine, cloudbanks passing through (sometimes heavy, creating diffuse light), the peaks will be in the clear. It will stay dry. Winds only light. At 2000 m: 4-7 degrees.

Danger of wet loose-snow avalanches will decrease.