Lechtal Alps East

The danger of moist and wet avalanches will persist.

The danger of moist and wet avalanches will persist.

Most and wet avalanches can in some places be released by a single winter sport participant. In addition further individual natural wet avalanches are possible. Caution is to be exercised in particular on very steep west, north and east facing slopes below approximately 2500 m. Avalanches can release the entire snowpack and reach large size in isolated cases. Individual avalanche prone locations for dry avalanches are to be found on very steep shady slopes above approximately 2500 m. Such avalanche prone locations are difficult to recognise. Especially transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack are unfavourable.

The snowpack is wet all the way through. This applies on steep sunny slopes below approximately 3000 m, as well as on steep shady slopes below approximately 2400 m. West, north and east facing slopes above approximately 2200 m: Towards its base, the snowpack consists of faceted crystals. The snowpack will be weakly bonded in some places. The surface of the snowpack will cool hardly at all during the overcast night and will already be soft in the early morning. Up to 2200 m rain will fall. In some regions 5 to 10 cm of snow will fall above approximately 2200 m.

The danger of moist and wet avalanches will persist. As a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation more frequent natural avalanches are to be expected.