Lower Tauern South

Individual sliding snow avalanches, isolated danger spots in old snow

Individual sliding snow avalanches, isolated danger spots in old snow

The risk of avalanches is low, the risk of falling or being injured on rocks is greater than the risk of burial. There are isolated danger spots for slab avalanches at high altitudes (old snow problem), particularly on extremely steep, shady slopes, especially in gullies and hollows. In a few places, mainly small avalanches can be triggered by people. Small sliding snow avalanches are possible from very steep, not yet unloaded grass mat terrain.

The surface is dominated by (fractured) hardpack or crusts, which soften a little on the sunny side during the day. At shady high altitudes, there are angular crystals within the snowpack near the crusts, which can occasionally serve as a weak layer. Below this, the snow cover is stable and sometimes glides on a smooth surface. There is very little snow for the time of year, and on the sunny side, it is snow-free far up.

Sunday night is starry on the mountains and the wind is light at most. An almost cloudless sky stretches across the mountains during the day too. Above localised patches of fog near the valley, visibility is excellent. The wind will be mostly light. At 2000 metres around +3 degrees, at 3000 metres around -3 degrees.

No change on Monday. South foehn rising on the main Tauern ridge, but the potential for dispersion is low.