Západné Tatry

In all mountain ranges there is only a SMALL (1) avalanche danger above the treeline.

In all mountain ranges there is only a SMALL (1) avalanche danger above the treeline.

The avalanche danger is very local and concerns isolated places where snow is deposited in the form of smaller snow slabs and pillows. Such places are mainly on the leeward sides of ridges, peaks and terrain obstacles. The release of smaller avalanches or slides is possible only with a large additional load, and their danger lies mainly in pushing the affected person into exposed /rocky/ terrain. On steep, sunlit slopes, small avalanches of wet snow are possible during the day.

During the last snowfall period, 5 to 25 cm of new snow fell in the high mountains of Slovakia. The greater amount is naturally found above the forest belt and on the leeward slopes of various exposures. Smaller slabs and snow pillows can also be found here, which at higher altitudes lie on top of a layer of older, frozen snow. At lower and middle elevations, new snow is found on a grassy substrate. Due to the inversion weather, the snow cover is mostly melted. On sunlit slopes it is frozen in the morning, possibly with a crust on the surface, during the day in sunny weather it is damp to wet. The snow remains loose in shady places and dry at high altitudes.

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