Veľká Fatra

Avalanche release is possible only sporadically.

Avalanche release is possible only sporadically.

In the Fatras and the eastern part of the Low Tatras there is only a small avalanche danger, 1.degree. Up to 10 cm of new snow has fallen above the forest line, which lies on hard ground and is not sufficiently well bonded with it. Smaller avalanches can only be released exceptionally, and only on steep and very steep slopes; their risk is of pushing a person into exposed terrain.

The surface of the snow is 5-15 cm of new snow from the last snowfall, which lies on an older hard surface. Due to the fluctuations of the 0°C isotherm, the snow is mostly frozen and stabilised. The total snow cover is well below average, usually less than 50 cm. In gullies and moguls in isolated places even more.

with the expected development of the weather persisting.