Villach Alps

Favorable avalanche situation

Favorable avalanche situation

Due to solar radiation, increasingly frequent generally small-sized wet loose-snow avalanches are anticipated, esp. on extremely steep sunny slopes. Avalanches are triggerable by persons esp. by large addtional loading on NW/N/NE facing slopes above 2000m, releases mostly small.

Sunny slopes: Due to low temperatures and low air moisture, a surface crust forms during the nocturnal hours. Solar radiation and daytime warmth lead to significantly moister snowpack, esp. on extremely steep slopes. Shady slopes: inside the snowpack are expansively metamorphosed (faceted) weak layers, esp on W/N/E facing slopes above 1800m. The old snowpack is expansively metamorphosed (faceted) on the surface.

On Thursday, still radiantly sunny, often cloudless skies and outstanding visibility. Slight foehn wind influence, southerly winds mostly light, moderate-to-strong only in exposed terrain. At middaay at 1000m: +12 degrees; at 2000m: +4 degrees. Source: GeoSphere Austria