Kaiser Mountains - Waidring Alps

Wind slabs require caution.

Fresh wind slabs require caution. Until Monday the weather will be cold. These weather conditions will prevent a rapid stabilisation of the snow drift accumulations.

Wind slabs require caution.

As a consequence of a sometimes strong wind from northerly directions, further wind slabs will form in particular in gullies and bowls and behind abrupt changes in the terrain. The fresh and older wind slabs can be released by a single winter sport participant in particular on northwest to north to east facing aspects above approximately 2200 m. Caution is to be exercised on near-ridge slopes. Small and, in isolated cases, medium-sized gliding avalanches are possible.

As a consequence of the occasionally strong northerly wind, fresh snow drift accumulations will form. The fresh and somewhat older wind slabs are lying on soft layers in particular on shady slopes above approximately 2200 m.