Hochschwab Mountains

Wet-snowslides possible on sunny slopes. Favorable backcountry touring conditions.

Wet-snowslides possible on sunny slopes. Favorable backcountry touring conditions.

Low danger prevails in Styria. Isolated avalanche prone locations occur on north-facing slopes, where there is a persistent weak layer. A slab avalanche triggering on extremely steep shady slopes cannot be ruled out.

On the snowpack surface, surface hoar can again form during the nocturnal hours. On north-facing slopes in the Northern Alps and Niedere Tauern, older snowdrifts lie deposited atop a compact old snowpack. On shady high altitude slopes there are faceted crystals inside the snowpack structuring. On shady forest lanes the snow is still unbonded. On sunny slopes the snowpack was able to settle, a melt-freeze crust (usually capable of bearing loads) formed. South of the Mur-Mürz rift the snowpack is stable. Melt-freeze or wind crusts dominate. In zones where there is little snow, it is expansively metamorphosed.

As a result of cold n N/NE winds a few clouds will pass through on Friday, in the NE regions clouds and fog will dominate. Elsewhere, following a sunny morning, the peaks will be veiled in convective cloud starting at midday. In isolated cases a bit of light snowfall is possible. Most sunshine is expected along the Carinthian bortder. Winds from N/NE will be moderate. At 2000 m: wintery -9 degrees. Saturday: above 2000 m altitude there will be splendid sunshine, below that altitude there will be clouds and up to at least 1500 m also fog, which will impair visibility. At lower altitudes the peaks will be free of fog. In general, more sunshine is expected towards Salzburg.

No significant change in avalanche danger levels is anticipated.