Border Graie Alps

The danger of moist and wet avalanches will already increase in the late morning. Backcountry tours should be started and concluded early.

The danger of moist and wet avalanches will already increase in the late morning. Backcountry tours should be started and concluded early.

The new snow can be released by a single winter sport participant in some cases. This applies in particular on very steep slopes at high altitudes and in high Alpine regions. Apart from the danger of being buried, restraint should be exercised in particular in view of the danger of avalanches sweeping people along and giving rise to falls. As a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation more moist loose snow avalanches are possible, even medium-sized ones, caution is to be exercised in steep rocky terrain, as well as on sunny slopes between approximately 2200 and 2800 m. The new snow of the last few days can be released naturally also on shady slopes below approximately 2600 m. The Avalanche Warning Service currently has only a small amount of information that has been collected in the high Alpine regions, so that the avalanche danger should be investigated especially thoroughly in the relevant locality. This is the final hazard map for the winter 2024/25. Regular avalanche bulletins with hazard maps will appear again from around the start of December, depending on the snow situation. In the summer and autumn, the avalanche bulletins appear in text format.

The surface of the snowpack has frozen to form a strong crust only at high altitudes and will soften quickly. Above approximately 2800 m: In its middle, the snowpack is moist and its surface consists of loosely bonded snow lying on a melt-freeze crust. In particular sunny slopes and southeast facing slopes: The covering of new snow is moist and its surface has a melt-freeze crust. Below approximately 1900 m only a little snow is lying.