Lower Tauern North

Fresh snow and drifts prone to triggering

After a night of overcast skies, lots of sunshine and good visibility on Thursday, the skies with very little cloud cover. A moderate to strong easterly winds will be blowing. At 2000m: -1 to +3 degrees.

Little change expected

Fresh snow and drifts prone to triggering

Avalanche danger is moderate. On extremely steep sunny slopes, naturally triggered (or person-triggered) avalanches of medium size are possible due to daytime warming and solar radiation. On steep grass-covered slopes, medium-sized glide-snow avalanches are possible which can reach medium size. On shady steep slopes small avalanches can in isolated cases be triggered from the snowdrift accumulations. Drifts are hard to recognize due to the fresh snow blanketing them.

Due to daytime warming the snowpack is further settling, layers inside the snowpack are well consolidated. Above 2000m on north-facing slopes there are faceted crystals forming a weak layer in the lower part of the snowpack. Below 2000m the old snow is sticky or moist, after nights of cloudy skies it softens quickly during the morning hours and forfeits its bonding. Over ground which previously was bare of snow the fresh fallen snow can glide away as a glide-snow avalanche.