Hochschwab Mountains

Avalanche danger low, little snow.

Avalanche danger low, little snow.

Avalanche danger low. Only in some places in high, steep and shady gullies and bowls small avalanches within the old snow can be triggered with high additional loads. The surface of the snow cover is often hard. Risk of injuries is more likely than risks of falling or being buried.

In general the snow amount is below the average. Southern slopes and exposed areas are predominately bare. The thin snow cover is solidified on the surface with hoar. Elsewhere it is wet even in high altitudes. In places in northern and eastern exposed high-altitudes areas thin layers of snowdrift, which is weakened due to kinetic metamorphosis (faceting).

After a clear night Monday will be sunny in the mountains due to the influence of a high pressure system. In the valleys the day starts foggy or with high fog which will clear up slowly. Weak to moderate north to northwesterly winds which carry cooler air masses. Temperatures are around -5 degrees in 2.000 m on the mountain Rax and around -2 degrees on the mountain Zirbitzkogel.

Influence of a high pressure system, the avalanche danger is not significantly changing.