Kreuzeck Group

Caution: weak layers in the old snow, fresh snowdrifts at high and high-alpine altitudes

Caution: weak layers in the old snow, fresh snowdrifts at high and high-alpine altitudes

On extremely steep slopes, mostly small wet loose-snow avalanches can be expected. In addition, during the afternoon hours, mostly small wet slab avalanches are possible, esp. at the foot of rock walls on sunny slopes below 2600m and on shady slopes below 2200m. Weak layers in the old snowpack can in isolated cases be triggered by one sole skier. Such danger zones occur on N/W/E facing slopes above 2200m. Very isolated danger zones occur on sunny slopes above 2600m, and can reach medium size. Due to fresh snow and moderate-velocity northerly winds, mostly small snowdrift accumulations will be generated, often triggerable by minimum additional loading.

Nocturnal outgoing longwave radiation is intermittently reduced. The snowpack is moist. The snowpack will soften increasingly during the course of the day. In the middle part of the snowpack on N/W/E facing slopes there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers evident. The freshly generated snowdrift accumulations have been deposited atop unfavorable layers, particularly on shady slopes above 2400m.

Uncertain conditions on Wednesday, generally pleasant and some sunshine. In the afternoon, convective cloud build-up. Light to moderate NE winds (40 km/hr). At 1000m: +9 degrees; at 2000m: 0 degrees. Source: GeoSphere

Caution: local showers