Lechquellen Mountains

Beware daytime rise in avalanche danger

Beware daytime rise in avalanche danger

During the course of the day, small-to-medium sized wet-snow avalanches, as well as ongoing small glide-snow avalanches, continue to be possible in starting zones which have not yet discharged. Backcountry ski tours should be launched early and brought to an end early in the day. In high-altitude ridgeline terrain, small snowdrift accumulations can be prone to triggering from place to place. In high-alpine zones, in addition, seldom-tracked shady slopes in touring terrain require cautious route selection.

The old snowpack is thoroughly wet up to high altitudes. During nights of clear skies, a crust forms on the snowpack surface which is capable of bearing loads, but softens up during the morning. In high-alpine ridgeline terrain, local small-area snowdrift accumulations are evident. In seldom-tracked terrain on shady steep slopes in high-alpine zones, there are unfavorable intermediate layers inside the snowpack. However, there have been no avalanches reported over the last few days.

During the latter part of the night, skies will clear or at most slightly cloudy. Monday morning will be very sunny. In the afternoon hours, convective cloud build-up and thunderstorm-like rain showers are possible. At 2000m: 4-9 degrees. Light winds, gusty in case of thunderstorms.

The next few days will be sunny and very warm by and large. valanche danger levels will thus increase during the course of each day. Predominantly small-sized, but increasingly also medium-sized wet-snow avalanches will then be possible.