Nock Mountains

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

The avalanche danger is low. In gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, crests or summits in shady slopes, there are very isolated trigger points in persistent weak layers that are difficult to disturb. Only very rarely can drift snow packs be triggered there by individuals. Avalanches remain small.

The snow depth is well below average for the time of year. There is little new fallen snow on a hard-frozen surface or on bare ground. On sunny slopes, the snow cover, snowpack softens during the daytime changes. At high altitudes on the shady slopes, weak layers of faceted crystals remain in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts.

The sun will shine all day on Friday with good visibility. Residual clouds in Lungau will clear in the course of the morning. The wind will be weak to moderately strong from different directions. North of the main Alpine ridge the temperature will be around 0 degrees Celsius at 2000 metres and -5 degrees Celsius at 3000 metres, south of the ridge it will be around -2 degrees Celsius at 2000 metres and -7 degrees Celsius at 3000 metres.

The avalanche danger remains low.