Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

Persistent weak layer - isolated danger zones

Persistent weak layer - isolated danger zones

Avalanche danger is low. A few danger zones for slab releases are limited to high altitudes zones on extremely steep shady slopes above 1500 m. Slab avalanches generally triggerable only by large additional loading. On east-facing slopes, fresh drifts have accumulated, easily triggered, but only slides are anticipated.

The snowpack was able to settle well, the fresh snow (about 10 cm) was cold and blanketed a hardened old snowpack surface (or meadow). The lower temperatures have had a beneficial effec. On high-altitude shady slopes the hardened surfaces are everywhere, some slopes are windblown. Due to warmth last week the slopes have become increasingly bare of snow.

South of the Niedere Tauern and along the Styrian rimline ranges, tenacious clouds and fog, dispersing only slowly. Winds will be moderate from the northeast. Temperatures only slightly higher. At 2000 m: -6 degrees.

Weather on Wednesday: in the Northern Alps, light southerly winds, sunshine, good mountain weather. On the southern flank of the Tauern and along the rimline ranges, fog and clouds will persist, plus moderate southerly winds, slightly higher temperatures. At 2000 m: -5 degrees on Zirbitzkogel, -2 degrees on Grimming. Avalanche danger will recede.