Vysoké Tatry - západ

Beware of wind-blown snow on hard ground and a permanently weak layer at the highest altitudes!

Beware of wind-blown snow on hard ground and a permanently weak layer at the highest altitudes!

In the High Tatras there is an increased avalanche danger above 1700 m above sea level, i.e. level 3. Here, due to snowfall and strong winds in the previous days, unstable snow slabs and pillows have formed, especially in the northern orientations. The new snow and wind-blown slabs are in places deposited on an old hard base, in places on a weak layer of square-grained snow with which they are not sufficiently bonded. In the northern sector, there is also an unstable layer of square-grained snow in the snow profile at the highest altitudes. The avalanche can be released in steep and very steep terrain.

In the northern sector and at the highest altitudes there are unstable snow layers in the profile. Between 10 and 20 cm of new snow has fallen in recent days. It is unevenly distributed, especially in the northern sector. Hard slabs alternate with puffy pillows of new snow. On the ridges, overhangs have formed. The snow cover remains well below average, especially at altitudes below 1600 m above sea level.

Persistent, slightly declining.