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Isolated danger zones in gullies and bowls

Isolated danger zones in gullies and bowls

Fresher snowdrift accumulations are generally small-sized, triggerable only in isolated cases, esp.on wind-protected shady slopes at high altitudes, esp. in transitions into gullies and bowls and at the foot of rocky cliffs and behind protruberances in the landscape. These danger zones occur seldom. Apart from the risks of being buried in snow masses, the danger of being swept along and forced to take a fall require consideration. On very steep sunny slopes, isolated small wet loose-snow avalanches are possible.

Only minor fresh snow is anticipated. Accompanied by strong to storm-strength SW winds, small fresh snowdrifts will accumulate; the drifts will be deposited atop weak layers esp. on wind-protected slopes. The snowpack is expansively metamorphosed, and is highly diverse even over small areas. There is only little snow on the ground. Below 1600m there is often hardly any snow regionally.

On Sunday, gloomy/gray mountain weather with dense clouds, the summits often hidden in fog. Light snowfall (snowfall level at 1400m) in the morning in the Carnic Alps. A strong-to-stormy SW wind will be blowing with windspeeds reaching 40-70 km/hr. At 2000m: -1 degree. Source: GeoSphere Austria

Fresh snowdrifts demand close attention