Pongau Grass Mountains

Unfavorable avalanche situation above the timberline

On Monday, clouds will accumulate due to strong-velocity W/NW winds, frequent snow showers will pass through. From tomorrow until Tuesday morning, 30-60cm of fresh snowfall is expected at high altitudes, winds will reach 70 km/hr and transport the fresh fallen snow. At 2000m: -6 degrees; at 3000m: -13 degrees.

Proneness of snowdrifts triggering will decrease slightly on Tuesday

Unfavorable avalanche situation above the timberline

Avalanche danger is considerable above the treeline, avalanches can be triggered by one sole skier in places and grow to large size. Fresh snowdrift accumulations lie deposited behind protruberances in the terrain, and in gullies and bowls. Danger zones in the old snow occur on north-facing slopes above 2200m, above 2400m in all aspects. Small to medium-sized glide-snow avalanches can trigger naturally in very steep grass-covered terrain.

During the day on Monday, 20-30cm of fresh snow with wind impact expected at high altitudes. Inside the snowdrifts, trigger-sensitive weak layers are forming. Below 2000m the old snow is moist, often there is a crust on the surface. Where the ground was bare of snow prior to this precipitation, the entire mass of fresh fallen snow can glide away.