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Avoid fresh snowdrifts. Starting at midday, CONSIDERABLE danger level.

Avoid fresh snowdrifts. Starting at midday, CONSIDERABLE danger level.

Fresh snowfall and strong-to-stormy northerly winds generated new snowdrift accumulations esp. in gullies and bowls, behind protruberances in the terrain which can be triggered in the old snow and reach medium size, particularly in wind-protected zones. Even one sole skier can trigger avalanches. Danger zones occur esp. on W/N/E-facing slopes above 2300m. Very isolated danger zones occur also on south-facing slopes above 2600m. In isolated cases, avalanches can sweep along more deeply embedded layers of the snowpack. Danger zones and likelihood of triggering will increase during the course of the day. In addition, avalanches can trigger in the near-surface layers even by one sole skier, esp. in the afternoon in the wind-impacted zones.

Since Saturday, 20-40cm of fresh snow has been registered along the Salzburg border. By afternoon, 20-30cm is still anticipated, locally more. Often stormy winds will intensively transport the fresh fallen snow. The freshly generated snowdrifts lie deposited in all aspects above 2200m atop soft layers. On N/W/E-facing slopes, trigger-sensitive weak layers are evident. The new snowdrift accumulations lie deposited atop soft layers above 2200m.

On Monday, storm-strength northerly winds will accumulate dense clouds and snow showers will set in from the north. At 2000m: -4 degrees; at 3000m: -13 degrees. Source: GeoSource Austria

Rising avalanche danger