Nock Mountains

Rare release points and risk of injury from stones.

Rare release points and risk of injury from stones.

The avalanche risk is low, but injury from stones and falling remain the main dangers. In gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, crests or summits in shady slopes, there are very occasional trigger points in persistent weak layers that are difficult to disturb. Only very rarely can fresh drift snow packs be triggered by individuals. Avalanches remain small.

There is a below-average amount of snow and the snow cover, snowpack is highly variable in the interior. In shady slopes at high altitudes, weak layers of faceted crystals are occasionally preserved in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts. The fracture propagation potential is generally low due to the overall highly structured snow cover, snowpack.

Wednesday will often start quite sunny with good visibility. However, clouds will gradually gather in the afternoon. The wind will blow moderately to briskly from the northwest. Around -10 degrees at 2000 metres.

The avalanche danger remains low on Thursday.