Werdenfels Alps

Old snow problem more marked at highest altitudes

Old snow problem more marked at highest altitudes

Avalanche danger above 2200m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Weak layers persist in the old snowpack In places, slab avalanches can be triggered by minimum additional loading at transitions from shallow to deep snow Avalanche prone locations occur in very steep ridgeline terrain in W/N/E aspects as well as at entries into gullies and bowls. The releases will mostly be small-sized. The risks of being swept along outweigh those of being buried in snow masses.

A few centimeters of loose new snow blanket a well settled old snowpack surface. At high altitudes, the upper layers of the snowpack sometimes still contain soft intermediate layers, in particular in north aspects. At intermediate altitudes the snowpack is mostly stable, several melt-freeze crusts are embedded. The snowpack base is slightly moist down to the ground.

The snowpack will consolidate and stabilize increasingly.