Osterhorn Group,Gamsfeld Group

Favourable conditions, few avalanche prone locations

Saturday will have good visibility above the high fog, whose upper border will descend (compared to recent days). Winds will not disturb. Temperatures will be slightly lower. Zero-degree level at about 1500 m. Also on Sunday, generally sunny (apart from the high fog). Somewhat milder, at 1500 m: up to +2 degrees.

Favourable conditions will continue.

Favourable conditions, few avalanche prone locations

Avalanche danger is LOW. Avalanche prone locations are few. Triggering a small-to-medium slab is possible by large additional loading in the danger zones. In very steep areas, naturally triggered small-to-medium glide-snow avalanches are possible.

The moistened snowpack from Monday’s rainfall has regained firmness through the nocturnal cooling and is often melt-freeze encrusted on the surface, though frequently soft at low altitudes. At high altitudes of the Gamsfeld Massif there is a few centimetres of snow lying deposited atop thin crusts, under which faceted crystals have formed. On steep smooth grass-covered ground the snowpack often glides away. Above the treeline there are compact snowdrifts in gullies and bowls.