Hochschwab Mountains

Low avalanche danger, but caution urged towards wet slides

Low avalanche danger, but caution urged towards wet slides

Avalanche danger is low. Nevertheless isolated danger zones in the form of freshly generated small snowdrift accumulations occur at high altitudes. As a result of higher daytime temperatures, naturally triggered slides can be expected, but releases will be small, the danger of taking a fall outweighs that of being buried in snow.

At high altitudes, depending on aspect and landscape, older snowdrift mases or loose snow atop a melt-freeze encrusted snowpack fundament, lie deposited. The snowpack fundament has already been fully moistened, is currently stable. East of the Schöckl there is very little snow on the ground.

Easter Monday in the Northern Alps will start with clouds and fog, on the southern flank of the Alps it will be sunny. During the morning the sun will take over the reins everywhere. As of midday in the rimline ranges and in the Mürzsteger Alps, a few harmless clouds. It will remain dry. From the west, temperatures will rise. At 2000 m at midday in Totes Gebirge: 0 degrees; in the Hochschwab Massif, -3 degrees.

On Tuesday a perturbance will arrive from the northwest. In SW regions, a bit of sunshine, then in Upper Styria rainfall will set in, the wind shift to northwesterly. In the afternoon the snowfall level will descend to nearly 1200 m. No significant change in avalanche danger levels is expected.