Graie Alps

The more recent wind slabs are rather small and can only be released in isolated cases.

The more recent wind slabs are rather small and can only be released in isolated cases.

In the last few days small wind slabs formed adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls. The wind slabs can still be released in some cases in particular on steep shady slopes and generally at high altitude. They are to be evaluated with care and prudence in particular in extremely steep terrain. Even a small snow slide can sweep people along and give rise to falls.

In some cases the wind slabs have bonded still only poorly with the old snowpack. Adjacent to ridgelines and in pass areas as well as in high Alpine regions snow depths vary greatly, depending on the infuence of the wind. Over a wide area less snow than usual is lying. Sunshine and high temperatures will give rise in the afternoon to increasing moistening of the snowpack in particular on sunny slopes.