Lower Tauern Central

Avoid terrain under sliding snow cracks and small-scale drift snow areas

Avoid terrain under sliding snow cracks and small-scale drift snow areas

The avalanche danger is low. The main problem is the sliding snow on slopes with exposures from east to south to west. Small sliding snow avalanches can occur spontaneously up to the summits. There are localised danger spots for mostly small slab avalanches (drift snow problem), particularly in the Tauern region and at high altitudes in the northern Alps.

The snow surface is often loose and angular on the shaded side. Only at high altitudes can isolated angular weak layers be detected within the snowpack. In the high altitudes of the Tauern and Northern Alps, there are also small-scale drifts on the shaded side, which can be disturbed on the loose base. On the sunny side, the snow cover has settled a long way up and may have hardened in the morning.

On Wednesday, sunshine dominates on the mountains and visibility is very good. Above the valley fog, which reaches up to around 1000 metres, at most a few thin, high clouds will drift over the peaks. In the open high altitudes of the Tauern, there are sometimes strong southerly winds, otherwise the wind is usually only weak. Temperatures in 2000 metres between -4 and 0 degrees, in 3000 metres around -7 degrees.

Little change.