Hochschwab Mountains

Moderate avalanche danger at high altitudes!

Moderate avalanche danger at high altitudes!

The avalanche danger is rated as "moderate" above 1800 metres. Avalanche prone locations are older snowdrift accumulations, which can be triggered as slab avalanches, especially in shady areas of the high altitudes, due to large additional loads, but occasionally also due to small additional loads. Mainly medium-sized avalanches are expected, but they can also become large in isolated cases. Small wet snow slides and occasional gliding avalanches are to be expected on the sunny slopes.

The thick snowdrift accumulations of the past few days have settled and are hardly prone to triggering. However, a weak layer has formed at higher elevations in the transition to the largely stable old snow foundation. On the sunny slopes, the snowpack is becoming moist and can start to glide on a smooth surface.

Friday night will be mostly cloudy. In the western Niedere Tauern and in the Dachstein and Totes Gebirge regions, there may still be a little snow. The weather will improve on Good Friday, residual clouds and the last showers in the north will move away and mainly sunny weather will prevail during the morning. The wind will blow briskly, in the east of the Styrian mountains also strongly from the north-west. The temperature at 2000 metres above sea level will rise from -6 to -2 degrees during the course of the day.

On Saturday, a weak disturbance north of the main Alpine ridge will once again cause dense clouds and light precipitation, with temperatures rising significantly. The wet and sliding snow problems will increase.