Lechtal Alps East

Increase in danger of wet and gliding avalanches as a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation.

Increase in danger of wet and gliding avalanches as a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation.

Wet avalanches can in some cases be released by a single winter sport participant. The avalanche prone locations are to be found especially on very steep west, north and east facing slopes at high altitude. Avalanches can release the saturated snowpack and reach medium size in isolated cases. Individual gliding avalanches can also occur. Such avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular on very steep grassy slopes. Areas with glide cracks are to be avoided as far as possible.

The snowpack will be wet all the way through. This applies on shady slopes below approximately 2400 m, as well as on sunny slopes in all altitude zones. On steep sunny slopes as well as at low and intermediate altitudes only a little snow is now lying.

During the night the weather will be clear at times. At high altitudes and in high Alpine regions the snowpack will freeze and form a strong crust. The surface of the snowpack will soften during the day. In the regions where the outgoing longwave radiation during the night is reduced the danger will increase more quickly.