Border Pennine Alps

Individual avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular on steep slopes above approximately 2400 m.

Individual avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular on steep slopes above approximately 2400 m.

Individual avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular in steep terrain at high altitudes and in high Alpine regions and on steep, little used shady slopes, where Large-grained weak layers exist in the bottom section of the snowpack. This applies in particular along the border with Switzerland. Below approximately 2200 m from a snow sport perspective, insufficient snow is lying. The numerous rocks hidden by the recent snow are the main danger.

At high altitudes and in high Alpine regions snow depths vary greatly, depending on the infuence of the wind. At low and intermediate altitudes only a little snow is now lying. Sunshine and high temperatures gave rise to increasing moistening of the snowpack on very steep sunny slopes below approximately 3000 m. These conditions will foster a gradual strengthening of the snowpack especially on very steep sunny slopes. Individual weak layers exist in the old snowpack on shady slopes.

Until Monday the weather will be mild. The weather conditions will foster a strengthening of the snowpack.