Border Graie Alps

More recent wind slabs are to be evaluated with care and prudence. In particular wind-loaded slopes where weaknesses exist in the old snowpack are especially precarious. A dangerous avalanche situation will persist.

The weather will be sunny. The weather conditions will facilitate a gradual stabilisation of the snowpack.

More recent wind slabs are to be evaluated with care and prudence. In particular wind-loaded slopes where weaknesses exist in the old snowpack are especially precarious. A dangerous avalanche situation will persist.

The more recent wind slabs are quite large and in some cases prone to triggering. In particular on steep shady slopes the avalanches can be triggered in the old snow and reach large size in isolated cases. Even single winter sport participants can release avalanches in some places. The avalanche prone locations are to be found adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls, and behind abrupt changes in the terrain. Remotely triggered avalanches are possible in isolated cases. Whumpfing sounds and the formation of shooting cracks when stepping on the snowpack are a clear indication of a weakly bonded snowpack. The natural avalanche activity will decrease. Medium-sized and, in isolated cases, large natural avalanches are nontheless not ruled out. Artificially triggered avalanches and field observations confirm the complex avalanche situation. Off-piste activities call for experience in the assessment of avalanche danger and caution.

In the last few days easily released wind slabs formed at intermediate and high altitudes. The new snow of last week has bonded in particular on sunny slopes. Large-grained weak layers exist in the old snowpack on shady slopes.