Southern Lagorai

The new snow and wind slabs of the last few days must be evaluated with care and prudence.

The new snow and wind slabs of the last few days must be evaluated with care and prudence.

Avalanches can in some places be released, even by a single winter sport participant and reach medium size. The avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular on steep shady slopes and in gullies and bowls, and behind abrupt changes in the terrain. The number and size of avalanche prone locations will increase with altitude. Isolated small and medium-sized loose snow avalanches are possible as a consequence of the new snow. In isolated cases avalanches can also release deeper layers of the snowpack, especially on very steep west, north and east facing slopes above approximately 2200 m.

Over a wide area 10 to 20 cm of snow, and even more in some localities, will fall until the evening above approximately 1800 m. In some places new snow is lying on soft layers. The fresh and older wind slabs are barely recognisable because of the poor visibility. In very isolated cases weak layers exist in the old snowpack in particular on shady slopes. This applies on very steep slopes above approximately 2200 m. In particular below the tree line only a little snow is lying.

Over a wide area 5 to 20 cm of snow will fall on Friday above approximately 1800 m. In addition further wind slabs will form in particular adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls during the night. Slight increase in avalanche danger as a consequence of the precipitation.