Bregenzerwald Mountains

Considerable avalanche danger at high altitudes.

Considerable avalanche danger at high altitudes.

Considerable avalanche danger prevails. Avalanches can easily be triggered by one single winter sports enthusiast. Danger zones occur on steep slopes in all aspects, behind drops in the landscape and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Frequency and spread of avalanche prone locations increase with ascending altitude. Whumpf noises and fractures which appear when treading upon the snowpack, as well as freshly released avalanches are alarm signals. Activities in outlying terrain demand cautious assessment of the terrain and careful evaluation of the dangers. The inexperienced should not leave secured ski runs.

The large amounts of fresh fallen snow are continually being transported, new snowdrift accumulations generated, but they are difficult to recognize since constantly getting blanketed with fresh snowfall. Fresh snow and drifts have settled somewhat, but bonding to the unfavorable is usually moderate-to-weak.

Summits will be shrouded in clouds on Thursday. During the morning hours in Rätikon and Silvretta, later on in the other mountain massifs, snowfall will set in. Significant snowfall is again anticipated, particularly in high alpine regions. Temperature at 2000m: from -2 dropping to -5 degrees; at 3000m: from -8 to -11 degrees. Brisk southwesterly winds, shifting to westerly.

Depending on amounts of fresh snow, avalanche danger could increase again regionally during the course of the day.