Mürztal Alps

Generally low avalanche danger. Snowdrift patches at summit level.

Generally low avalanche danger. Snowdrift patches at summit level.

Avalanche danger is low in general. Behind protruberances, some thin snowdrifts have accumulated which can be triggered as a slab by large additional loading.

The old snowpack is compact, without marked weak layers, topped my crusts riddled with water seepage channels. The cold fresh snow and drifts blanket the often hardened or wet snowpack. On smooth ground, the snowpack glides over the grass-covered ground.

On Sunday, arctic cold air masses will arrive from the north. The peaks will be mostly in fog and cloud, light-to-moderate snowfall is expected. All in all, 5-15 cm of cold fresh snow and drifts are anticipated, plus brisk cold northerly winds which in the afternoon will become stormy, esp. near the eastern rim ranges. At 2000 m: in the Northern Alps -8 degrees; on the southern flank of the Alps -3 degrees. Temperatures will fall further.

Also on Monday, heavy clouds will move through, but it will remain mostly free of precipitation (a bit of exceptional snowfall is possible in the northern barrier cloud regions). Avalanche danger is not expected to change significantly.