Villach Alps

Beware snowdrift accumulations

Beware snowdrift accumulations

Fresh snowdrift accumulations esp. in gullies and bowls, behind protruberances in the terrain which can be triggered by one sole skier in the old snow. Due to solar radiation and higher daytime temperatures, moist and wet loose-snow avalanches are possible during the course of the day, esp. on steep sunny slopes.

The newly generated snowdrifts lie deposited in all aspects above 1900m atop soft layers. On N/W/E-facing slopes, trigger-sensitive weak layers are evident. The new snowdrift accumulations lie deposited atop soft layers above 2200m. At low and intermediate altitudes the snowpack is moist. Below 1500m there is little snow on the ground.

On Thursday only a few residual cloudbanks and high fog, clouds will generally soon disperse and it will turn quite sunny. Light to moderate NE winds, reaching 30 km/hr. At 2000m: +3 degrees. Source: GeoSource Austria

No change expected