Avalanche forecast

Nízke Tatry - západ

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Highlights

Watch out for places with wind-drifted new snow.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

    • Above 1,500 m
    Size
    1

    Stability: poor · Frequency: few

Avalanche Activity

Watch out for places with wind-drifted new snow.

In the Low Tatras there is still only a SMALL avalanche danger (1st degree). During the last period of snowfall up to 5 cm of new snow fell with strong wind. Locally snow slabs of small thickness may form. Due to the small amount of new snow, they may mainly cause shearing and falling. Increase caution in areas with accumulated large amounts of new snow.

Snowpack Structure

The snow cover consists of two distinct layers. Old, hard snow (crust) and about 5 cm of new snow. In some places even more. Temperatures are dropping below -10°C, so the layers cannot combine well. There is also a large temperature gradient in the snow cover, which can cause the formation of dangerous square-grained snow. Continuous snow cover occurs in the Low Tatras from an altitude of about 1300 m and reaches 40 to 60 cm at the highest altitudes.

Tendency

Persistent

Bulletin data: Stredisko lavínovej prevencie HZS (via EAWS / avalanche.report)

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