Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Low avalanche danger, but watch out for fresh wind slab!

Low avalanche danger, but watch out for fresh wind slab!

The avalanche danger is low. However, fresh snowdrift accumulations in gullies and bowls and behind ridges and ridgelines above the tree line are prone to disruption and can be triggered by individuals as small slab avalanches.

Fresh snowdrift accumulations often lie on faceted crystals or surface hoar, which can act as a weak layer. Apart from this, the old snow surface is only covered by a few centimetres of new fallen snow. In general, kinetic metamorphism weakens the thin snow base, fundament. Windward terrain is usually blown off and almost snow-free.

In the night to Sunday it will snow a little on the eastern edge of the Alps with strong north-westerly winds, but only a few centimetres of fresh snow are expected. During the day, partly low-lying residual clouds will cloud visibility on the eastern edge of the Alps until the afternoon, while the sun will increasingly shine through in the south from the morning onwards. With a stormy north-westerly wind, it will be very cold at high altitudes. At 2000 metres, the temperature will be between -15 and -13 degrees.

Monday will be significantly warmer during the course of the day, with the possibility of a little precipitation towards the evening. The avalanche risk remains low.