Weisseck, Muhr Valley

Danger zones hard to recognize. Cautious route selection advised.

Danger zones hard to recognize. Cautious route selection advised.

Avalanche danger above 2200m is considerable, below that altitude danger is moderate. Avalanches can in some places be triggered even by one sole skier. Above 2200m avalanches can fracture down to more deeply embedded layers in the snowpack, particularly on steep north-facing slopes. Also naturally triggered avalanches and remote triggerings are possible. Whumpf noises and cracks when you tread upon the snowpack, as well as fresh avalanche releases, are alarm signals and indicate imminent danger. Naturally triggered glide-snow and loose-snow avalanches are possible, mostly small sized releases. Small-to-medium naturally triggered glide-snow avalanches are possible.

Inside the old snowpack on very steep shady slopes there are weak layers of faceted crystals, snowdrifts form the slab at surface level. On the one hand, the snow was able to metamorhose esp. where snow is shallow; on the other, below the near-surface melt-freeze crust there are also faceted crystals. At intermediate altitudes the old snowpack is moist due to the rain impact. On very steep grassy slopes the entire snowpac can begin to glide away.

On Saturday, often limited visibility in the morning due to residual cloudss and fog remnants. Clouds will disperse over the course of the day, sun will make itself felt more and more. Winds in the Tauern will be brisk (40 km/hr) from the south. At 2000m: between -5 and 0 degrees; at 3000m: -7 degrees.

Persistent weak layer problem will gradually recede as snowpack settles