Bregenzerwald Mountains

Caution: considerable avalanche danger widespread at high altitudes

Caution: considerable avalanche danger widespread at high altitudes

Avalanche danger above 1800m is considerable, below that altitude danger is moderate. Fresh snow and far-reaching snowdrift accumulations are easily triggered in all aspects in many places. Slabs can be triggered by minimum additional loading and grow to medium-to-large sized releases. Settling noises when treading the snowpack can indicate imminent danger. On very steep sunny grass-covered slopes, glide-snow avalanches can slide downhill and reach medium size. Due to solar radiation, loose-snow avalanches can be expected in steep rocky terrain.

The often stormy NW wind transported much fresh fallen snow, generating large-sized trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations in many places. The fresh fallen snow has already settled somewhat. Inside the fresh snow and drifts are weak intermediate layers and graupel. The old snowpack is well consolidated and compact, by and large.

Predominantly sunny but wintery cold mountain weather will set in. Only a few clouds will pass through at high altitude, in the evening cloud cover will move in with the next perturbance. Temperature at 2000m: from -9 to -6 degrees; at 3000m: -10 degrees. Initially moderate NE winds at high altitude, during the daytime mostly light.

Avalanche danger is not expected to change significantly.