Lower Tauern South

In few places, avalanches can trigger in the old snow. Circumvent snowdrift accumulations.

In few places, avalanches can trigger in the old snow. Circumvent snowdrift accumulations.

Avalanche danger above 2000m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. In few places, an avalanche can be triggered by large additional loading as a slab avalanche. Danger zones are mostly small, occur in all aspects, hard to recognize even for the practiced eye. Fresh and older drifts on some NW/SE facing ridgeline slopes can be easily triggered as a small slab by minimum additional loading, these are easy to recognize, releases remain small-sized. On extemely steep slopes small loose-snow avalanches are possible. Isolated small glide-snow avalanches are possible.

Atop a hardened crust (or else, bare ground) 10-30 cm of loosely-packed snow lie deposited, often wind impacted. On shady slopes at high altitudes the fresh snow from Friday has also been deposited atop loose snow or surface hoar. The fundament on steep shady slopes at high altitudes is expansively metamorphosed. Atop a hardened crust (or else, bare ground) 10-30 cm of loosely-packed snow lie deposited, often wind impacted. On shady slopes at high altitudes the fresh snow from Friday has also been deposited atop loose snow or surface hoar. The fundament on steep shady slopes at high altitudes is expansively metamorphosed. Also to be found on sunny slopes. On sunny slopes the snow is sticky or has a melt-freeze crust in the early morning hours.

On Thursday, sunny weather once again. During the afternoon hours, high-altitude cloudbanks will move in from the west, but it is expected to remain dry. Winds will be mostly light from varying directions. Rising temperatures. At 2000m: 0 degrees; at 3000m: -7 degrees.

No significant change in danger levels anticipated. Zero-degree level rising to about 2000m. Slightly more frequent naturally triggered loose-snow avalanches.