Nock Mountains

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

The avalanche risk is low. Only very rarely can drift snow packs be triggered by individuals in shady slopes. In gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, there are also isolated trigger points in the persistent weak layer that are difficult to disturb. Avalanches remain small.

The snow depth is well below average for the time of year. There is little new fallen snow on a hard-frozen surface or on bare ground. In shady slopes, there are isolated weak layers of faceted crystals in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts.

Thursday will be increasingly sunny. Residual clouds will clear in the morning. In Lungau, the clouds will remain rather dense from the south, where it may even snow unproductively at times. In the open high areas, winds from the south to east will be brisk at times, reaching speeds of around 50 km/h. At medium altitudes, the wind is usually moderately strong. At 2000 metres the temperature will be around -3 degrees Celsius, at 3000 metres around -7 degrees Celsius.

The avalanche danger remains low.