Lower Tauern South

Few sliding snow avalanches and rare danger spots in old snow

Few sliding snow avalanches and rare danger spots in old snow

The avalanche risk is low. Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers. Due to the foehn, thin, easily recognisable drift snow packs are formed. In a few places, mainly small avalanches may be triggered by individuals in gullies and hollows near the crest at high altitudes. Spontaneous small sliding snow avalanches are possible from very steep, not yet discharged meadow slopes.

The surface is dominated by harsch and broken harsch cover, which softens on the sunny side during the day. At shady high altitudes, there are angular crystals within the snow cover near crusts, which can occasionally serve as a weak layer. At low and medium altitudes, the snow cover is largely stable and occasionally slides off on smooth ground. The snow depth is well below average, and on the sunny side it is snow-free far up.

On Tuesday, it will be foehn with brisk to strong winds from southerly directions. In foehn corridors, the wind peaks will reach 50 to 90 km/h. High clouds will gather from the south, but visibility will remain good and the summits clear. Temperatures at 2000 m between 0 and 7 degrees, at 3000 m around -2 degrees.

On Wednesday, insignificant amounts of precipitation will fall, as rain up to medium altitudes.