Avalanche forecast

Nock Mountains

LWD Salzburg
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Avalanche danger

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Highlights

Circumvent small-area snowdrift accumulations

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

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    1

    Stability: poor · Frequency: few

Avalanche Activity

Circumvent small-area snowdrift accumulations

Avalanche danger is LOW. Slabs, mostly small-sized, can trigger particularly on very steep and extremely steep north, east and south-facing slopes by minimum additional loading. Isolated small glide-snow and loose-snow avalanches can trigger naturally. Danger zones occur on very steep and extremely steep slopes, in entries into gullies and bowls and behind protruberances in the landscape.

Snowpack Structure

On top of a shallow and relatively compact snow cover, less than 30cm of snow and drifts (with embedded graupel) lie deposited. The border to the old snowpack can serve as a weak layer, m deeply embedded layers are unlikely to trigger.

Weather Forecast

A few snowflakes during the evening and early part of the night in Northern Alps and Niedere Tauern. Then, nocturnal skies will be free of precipitation, residual clouds will increasingly disperse. On Monday, mostly brilliant sunshine. At 2000m warming up to about -6 degrees. Winds will shift to northeasterly and be blowing often at strong velocity, windspeeds reaching 50 km/hr.

Tendency

Avalanche danger levels gradually decreasing due to higher temperatures, snowdrift accumulations are stabilizing

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Salzburg (CC BY 4.0)

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