Pre Alps

Loose-snow slides and small glide-snow avalanches

Loose-snow slides and small glide-snow avalanches

Mostly low avalanche danger prevails. Due to mild temperatures and solar radiation, loose-snow slides are possible on very steep slopes, In additional, in zones where snowfall has been heavy, small isolated medium-sized glide-snow avalanches are possible on steep grass-covered slopes, in forest clearances and on hillsides. Caution below glide cracks, Small snowdrifts and loose-snow slides can be triggered by 1 person in steep terrain. Consider the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall!

The latest round of fresh snow lies deposited atop a largely wet snowpack, it is well bonded with the old snowpack. In ridgeline terran and above the treeline, small snowdrift accumulations have been generated. Warm ground and the wet snowpack base reinforce the gliding movements of the entire snowpack. At low altitudes the snowfall was deposted on bare ground.

Saturday daytime: Quite sunny with intermittent cloudbanks. In the Silvretta the peaks may be shrouded in fog. At 2000 m: -4 to +1 degree. Brisk SW winds in foehn zones and high-alpine regions.

On Sunday, widespread cloud cover, hardly any sunshine, strong-to-stormy SW winds. In the southern regions, minor snowfall. Winds will transport the snow further, generate new drifts. Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly.