Stub and Gleinalpe

Beware of fresh wind slab!

Beware of fresh wind slab!

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line. Fresh snowdrift accumulations can be triggered as small to medium-sized avalanches by individual winter sports enthusiasts in all aspects. The avalanche prone locations are mainly in gullies, bowls and behind terrain edges.

Fresh snowdrift accumulations are often deposited on a sufficiently stable old snowpack above the tree line. Weak layers are located in the bound layer or transition to the persistent weak layer, in some places still in the old snow at higher altitudes.

The clouds over the Styrian mountains will increase again in the coming night. Thick clouds will persist on Sunday, with some snowfall, especially from the northern slopes up to the Rax. Visibility will also be very limited due to low cloud bases. Things look a little more favourable from the Turrach to the Koralpe and the Wechsel, where the clouds will continue to soften and it will remain dry. The temperature at an altitude of 1500 metres is between -4 and -0 degrees. Stormy winds with gusts of around 90 km/h from the north.

The wind slab problem remains. Although conditions are dry south of the main Alpine ridge, it is mostly cloudy and windy here too.