Hochschwab Mountains

Little amount of snowdrift!

Little amount of snowdrift!

Still low avalanche danger. New danger spots are forming due to northwesterly winds. Danger spots are found in some places in high altitudes in the expositions north to east. There slab avalanches could be triggered in extremly steep slopes by high additional loads.

The new snow is covering an old snow cover which weakened due to kinetic metamorphosis in high altitudes it is on top of a hard old snow cover. In shady slopes the snow base is weakened due to kinetic metamorphosis. Little snow in medium and low altitudes.

Northerly winds are causing a cooling in the mountains. Friday will be predominately cloudy, the most summits are foggy with some snowfall. In the afternoon the weather will calm and clear up in the area between Totes Gebirge and Hochschwab. Temperatures in 2.000 m at noon will be -12 degrees in the north and -7 degrees in the south.

The avalanche danger is not significantly changing.