Hochschwab Mountains

Low avalanche danger, occasional small wet snow slides possible

Low avalanche danger, occasional small wet snow slides possible

The avalanche risk is low. There may be isolated small wet snow slides in all aspects, especially from multiple starting zones that are not yet fully discharged. With the onset of precipitation, the avalanche risk increases slightly during the day, but remains low overall. The risk of entrainment in the fall terrain outweighs the risk of burial.

The thin snowpack can only consolidate a little overnight and is quickly softened further during the day by warming temperatures and the onset of precipitation. There is only a little snow left and the sunny slopes are usually already snowed out.

The evening and night will be dry but partly cloudy, with clouds thickening from the north-west in the morning. Sunday brings a change in the weather! In the northern Alps, dense clouds will dominate in the morning and rain showers will arrive by midday at the latest. In the southern mountains there will be longer sunny spells in the morning, but in the afternoon the peaks will be covered in fog and rain showers will pass through. The wind will shift from south-west to north-west with the front.

The new week will bring changeable and sometimes very windy April weather. A few centimetres of new fallen snow in the form of showers will only accumulate at higher altitudes. The avalanche risk remains low.