Nock Mountains

Danger zones unrecognizable

Danger zones unrecognizable

Avalanche danger above 1600 m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Fresh drifts can be triggered even by 1 person in steep terrain, and reach medium size. Frequency of danger zones increases with ascending altitude, danger also rises as day progresses. Danger of naturally triggered glide-snow avalanches persists. Where snow is deep enough, they can reach medium size. Avoid zones below glide cracks.

The fresh snow is being deposited on a stable old snowpack. Snowfall level is dropping. Bonding of fresh snow to old snow often good except where it falls on a loose old snowpack surface. No marked large weak layer is evident The old snowpack base is moist. The warm ground is reinforcing the gliding movement of the snowpack downhill.

After midnight, snowfall will set in (by morning: 5 cm above 1500 m). On Saturday, reduced visibility. Rainfall in the north up to 1000 m, snowfall level dropping to low lying areas by evening. By evening, 10-20 cm of fresh snow expected (more in the west). Light NW/NE winds. At 2000 m: -3 to -6 degrees; at 3000 m: -7 to -11 degrees.

Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly.