Semmering - Wechselgebiet

Low avalanche danger, but avoid fresh pillows of wind drifted snow!

Low avalanche danger, but avoid fresh pillows of wind drifted snow!

Pillows of wind drifted snow are occasionally prone to triggering and can be triggered by individuals as a small slide. However, the risk of burial is low.

There have been repeated snowfalls on the Hochwechsel and in the Bucklige Welt in the last few days in conjunction with mostly strong to stormy winds. The new fallen snow was transported intensively and deposited as wind slab, especially in forest aisles and at higher altitudes.

Where there is an old snowpack, the drift snow packs are deposited on it and can slide off. In addition, fractures within the drift snow layers are also possible in isolated cases.

The sky will remain mostly cloudy, with a few snowflakes falling in the northern congestion. Thick clouds will often prevail over the Lower Austrian mountain peaks on Maundy Thursday and it will occasionally snow lightly over the western peaks. Over the eastern mountain peaks, winds from the north will be stormy in places, but weaker towards the west. Temperatures at 1500 metres will be around -2 °C.

The avalanche danger remains the same.