Nock Mountains

Low avalanche danger, watch out for wet snow.

No significant change on Monday. A little more cloud during the daytime changes.

Low avalanche danger, watch out for wet snow.

The avalanche risk is low and only increases slightly as the day warms up. Wet avalanches can only occasionally be triggered by winter sports. This is in particular where there is still a lot of snow, i.e. mainly on very steep shady slopes at high altitudes and in some cases on eastern and western slopes. The avalanches usually remain small, but can tear through to the ground in wet snow, occasionally reach medium size and, if the terrain is unfavourable, advance into the green.

After a clear night, a stable melt-freeze crust has formed over a wide area. This only softens slowly during the day. The snowpack underneath consists of compact snow characterised by rain. On shady slopes from around 2400 metres, there are weak layers of deep rime in the old snowpack close to the ground. Adjacent to ridgelines in the highest areas of the Niedere Tauern there is thin, fresh wind slab. The snowpack is moist to wet up to high altitudes. Low altitudes and sunny slopes at medium altitudes are mostly snowed out.

The night will be clear. In the second half of the night, the north-westerly wind freshens up briskly. On Sunday, the sun will mostly shine and visibility will be good. Occasionally high cloud fields will pass through. In the late afternoon and evening, widespread clouds will pass through, especially in Pinzgau. At 2000 metres the temperature will be 1 to 6 degrees, at 3000 metres around -2 degrees.