Seetaler Alps

Fresh wind slab, avalanche danger increases in the afternoon!

Fresh wind slab, avalanche danger increases in the afternoon!

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line in the morning and low below. In the afternoon, the avalanche danger increases to considerable! The persistent weak layer problem is still present and is increasingly exacerbated by fresh wind slab from midday. The avalanche prone locations are mainly on north to south-east facing slopes above the tree line. Here, snowdrift accumulations in many places can be triggered by individuals as slab avalanches.

A total of up to 20 cm of new fallen snow has fallen since Saturday. Stormy north-westerly winds and later southerly winds led to drifts. Around 10 cm of new fallen snow will be added on Thursday afternoon. The snow base, fundament is weakened by snow-covered surface hoar and floating snow.

The evening and night into Thursday will be increasingly cloudy, but there will still be no precipitation. Thursday will also start mainly dry. It may even clear up briefly in places. However, dense clouds will quickly gather from the south-west in the morning and the mountain peaks will become increasingly foggy. In the afternoon it will start to snow south of the main Alpine ridge. The temperature at an altitude of 2000 metres will be around -4 degrees. Stormy winds from the south-west, becoming increasingly north-westerly to north-easterly in the evening.

Heavy snowfall is expected during the night from Thursday to Friday. The risk of avalanches is increasing.