Nock Mountains

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

The avalanche danger is low. A few small spontaneous sliding snow avalanches are possible from very steep meadow slopes. In shady high altitudes, there are still isolated spots in the old snow that are difficult to trigger for small slab avalanches, especially in gullies and hollows close to the crest.

The snow depth is well below average for the time of year, with low elevations and the sunny side of the valley being widely covered in snow. The snow surface is hardened and softens on the sunny side during the day. Inside, the snow cover is often soaked through to high altitudes. At high altitudes on the shady side, there are still isolated weak layers of angular crystals in the snowpack, mostly in the vicinity of crusts.

On Tuesday, it will be foehn with brisk to strong winds from southerly directions. In foehn corridors, the wind peaks will reach 50 to 70 km/h. High clouds will move in from the south, but visibility will remain good and the summits clear. Temperatures at 2000 m between 0 and 7 degrees, at 3000 m around -2 degrees.

On Wednesday, insignificant amounts of precipitation will fall, as rain up to medium altitudes.