Ortler Range

Further increase in danger of wet and gliding avalanches in the course of the day.

Further increase in danger of wet and gliding avalanches in the course of the day.

The surface of the snowpack will cool hardly at all during the overcast night and will already be soft in the early morning. As the day progresses more frequent medium-sized and, in isolated cases, large wet and gliding avalanches are possible. This applies especially on steep sunny slopes below approximately 2800 m, as well as in all aspects at intermediate altitudes. Caution is to be exercised in particular in areas where the snow cover is rather shallow. Here the snowpack is weaker. Wet avalanches can be released, even by a single winter sport participant and reach dangerously large size. The small wind slabs can be released even by a single winter sport participant on extremely steep, little used shady slopes at elevated altitudes. Individual avalanche prone locations are to be found especially adjacent to ridgelines and in pass areas above approximately 2400 m. They are to be evaluated with care and prudence in particular in terrain where there is a danger of falling.

As a consequence of mild temperatures and rain up to intermediate altitudes the snowpack can not consolidate. The surface of the snowpack is not frozen. This situation will give rise from the early morning to a loss of strength within the snowpack in particular on steep sunny slopes below approximately 2800 m. In areas where the snow cover is rather shallow the snowpack will soften more quickly. The rather small wind slabs are bonding only slowly with the old snowpack on steep shady slopes at elevated altitudes. Snow depths vary greatly, depending on the infuence of the wind.

Hardly any decrease in danger of wet avalanches. The snowpack remains prone to triggering.