Avalanche forecast

Západné Tatry

HZS
View on map

Avalanche danger

All elevations
1 · Low
Open full map
Out of date — this forecast expired 2 years ago. You’re viewing past conditions, not the current bulletin.

Highlights

Watch out for locally winding snow slabs and pillows, wet drifts on sunlit slopes.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

    • Above 1,500 m
    Size
    1

    Stability: poor · Frequency: few

  • Wet snow

    • Above 1,400 m
    Size
    1

    Stability: fair · Frequency: few

Avalanche Activity

Watch out for locally winding snow slabs and pillows, wet drifts on sunlit slopes.

From the recent light snowfall, locally in some, mainly shaded areas, there may be snow slabs or cushions lying on top of older hard to icy ground and not sufficiently well bonded to it. Exceptionally, small drifts can be expected that end in terrain traps with protruding rocks. Due to the warm inversion weather and the sun, spontaneous small wet runs may occur on the southern slopes.

Snowpack Structure

Snow cover is melted in most of the area. Predominantly hard supporting crust. Water ice in valleys and on access paths. On average, there is between 15 and 25 cm of snow in the mountains. Mostly in the Orava Beskydy Mountains, where locally up to 50 cm of snow can be found. No significant change is expected in the next few days.

Tendency

Persistent

Bulletin data: Stredisko lavínovej prevencie HZS (via EAWS / avalanche.report)

Regions covered