Lawinenlagebericht

Caution: weak layers in the old snowpack

Caution: weak layers in the old snowpack

Weak layers in the old snowpack can in isolated cases on shady slopes be triggered even by one sole skier. Caution urged esp. in transitions into gullies and bowls above 1800m and at the foot of rocky cliffs and behind protruberances in the landscape. Avalanches are mostly small-sized. Apart from the risks of being buried in snow masses, the dangers of being swept along and forced to take a fall need to be taken into condideration.

The snowpack is expansively metamorphosed, with a loosely-packed surface with surface hoar and faceted crystals. Old snowdrift accumulations now blanket a weak old snowpack on wind-protected shady slopes. The snowpack is highly diverse even over small areas. Below 1600m there is too little snow on the ground.

On Saturday, sunshine all day long and radiantly azure skies. Above the valley floors there will be fog and high-fog (border at 600-900m). Outstanding visibliity. Moderate, sometimes strong SE winds, windspeeds reaching 40 km/hr. At 1000m: +5 degrees; at 2000m: +2 degrees. Source: GeoSphere Austria

Gradual decrease in avalanche danger