Západné Tatry

Watch out for wet snow!

Watch out for wet snow!

There is a low avalanche danger in the Fatras and in the Low and Western Tatras (1st degree). Avalanche release from wet snow is possible at the highest altitudes only on very steep slopes with a large additional load. Occasionally, small spontaneous wet avalanches are possible in exposed terrain.

The warm weather has caused the newer snow from the last snowfall to melt almost completely and then freeze as it cooled. During the day, the snow cover on the sunlit slopes is wet and soft. In the Low Tatras there is continuous snow cover above 1300 m on the northern slopes and above 1600 m on the southern slopes. In the Fatras, a more continuous snow cover is found only on the eastern and northern slopes above the forest zone.

with a gradual warming tendency to rise! fk