Wölz Tauern South

Moderate avalanche danger above treeline. Caution: snowdrifts!

The old snowpack is generally stable and has a melt-freeze crust on the surface. Westerly winds have formed fresh, trigger-sensitive snowdrift patches. Also, the daytime warmth is made bonding between fresh fallen snow of last week and the snowpack fundament weaker.

Wednesday will begin sunny, then convective clouds will accumulate in the Northern Alps, while in southern regions sunshine will dominate. Winds will be moderate from the south, temperatures will rise. At 2000 m: +4 degrees.

Thursday will be variably cloudy, not much precipitation is expected. Avalanche danger will recede slightly.

Moderate avalanche danger above treeline. Caution: snowdrifts!

Above the treeline avalanche danger is moderate. Isolated avalanche prone locations are caused by trigger-sensitive snowdrift patches, particularly behind protruberances, in gullies, bowls. But due to daytime warmth, increasingly frequent naturally triggered wet-snow avalanches can be expected in steep terrain.