Totes Gebirge South

Low avalanche danger! Hardly any new fallen snow!

The snowpack surface is mostly hard and icy, with sunny slopes up to over 2000 metres above sea level. There will be a maximum of 5 cm of new fallen snow on Wednesday. Below the melting snow crust, the kinetic metamorphism is weakening the snow layering on the northern sides.

Low avalanche danger! Hardly any new fallen snow!

The avalanche risk between the Totes Gebirge and the Schladminger Tauern is assessed as low. Isolated avalanche prone locations can be found in extremely steep gullies above 2400 metres in the northern sector. The old snowpack is only covered by a few centimetres of new fallen snow. The danger of falling is more dominant than the danger of avalanches!

It is still mostly clear during the night on Wednesday. However, clouds will gather in the morning, peaks will be covered in fog and visibility will quickly become poor. Light to moderate snowfall in the afternoon. A maximum of 5 cm will accumulate. The wind will initially blow moderately from the southwest at 20 to 40 km/h, in the afternoon 30 to 50 km/h on average with wind peaks of up to 70 km/h in areas adjacent to the ridgeline, crest or summit. The temperature will continue to drop. At 2000 metres from -2 degrees on Tuesday to -8 degrees on Wednesday evening. The precipitation will subside during the night to Thursday. On Thursday, the clouds will soften and it will be sunny with good visibility. However, the wind will pick up again and blow from the south to south-west at 40 to 60 km/h in areas adjacent to the ridgeline or summit. Temperatures will rise slightly, at 2000 metres it will be around -4 degrees at midday.

The avalanche danger remains low.