Lower Tauern North

Favourable. Caution still urged towards shallow-snow north-facing slopes in high alpine regions

Favourable. Caution still urged towards shallow-snow north-facing slopes in high alpine regions

Above 2200 m, moderate avalanche danger, below that altitude danger is low. Main problem: trigger-sensitive intermediate layers at ground-level in the old snow. Isolated slab avalanches can be triggered on shady steep slopes be large additional loading, particularly where the snow is shallow, i.e. at entries to gullies and bowls. Triggered avalanches can be of small-to-medium size. Kleinräumige und dünne Triebschneeschollen können im Steilen zu kleinen Rutschen führen.

A few centimetres of new snow won’t change anything, even though the melt-freeze crust has a soft layer beneath it. The minor amount of new snow from Monday is too little. In ridgeline terrain, thin snowdrift accumulations can form. Up to 2200 m there is a melt-freeze crust. The recent layers of snowdrifts are relatively well bonded. Potential weak layer of faceted, soft old snow exists as of 2000/2200 m in eastern and northern aspects; there is a moderate to strong tendency towards fracture propagation. The gliding movements of recent days have come to an end.

On Monday, temperatures will plummet, an icy northerly wind (30 km/hr) will be blowing, the summits will be partly in fog in the morning, in the afternoon the clouds will disperse. In some spots, quite sunny. Snowfall from here to there until midday, minor amounts, at most 5 cm, very cold and loose. At 2000 m: -8 degrees; at 3000 m: -12 degrees. On Tuesday, sunshine from morning till night. Cloudless skies. At 2000 m: -8 to -4 degrees; at 3000 m: -9 degrees.. Little or no wind.

Little change.