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Danger of falling in partly icy terrain!

Danger of falling in partly icy terrain!

The avalanche risk is low. There are only very few avalanche prone locations, which are limited to the extremely steep slopes of the northern exposures. At higher altitudes, the snowpack is often hard and icy. Beware of the danger of falling!

The snowpack is well below average for the time of year. The thin snow surface is often crusted can form and hard, sometimes icy, due to the rain and the subsequent sub-zero temperatures. In windward locations, it is mostly blown off, only in areas sheltered from the wind is there a little more snow. In extremely steep gullies on shady slopes, angular shapes can weaken the snow base, fundament.

In the evening and the first half of the night, the precipitation will subside and the clouds will gradually soften. Monday will be mostly sunny. However, a few clouds will pass through at higher altitudes. The wind will still be gale-force during the night and weaken considerably towards the morning. During the day, mostly moderate to partly brisk winds with wind peaks of up to 50 km/h from the west in the late afternoon. The temperature at an altitude of 2000 metres will be between -6 and -3 degrees. The temperature at an altitude of 1500 metres will be between -4 and -1 degrees.

The avalanche danger remains the same. Intermediate highs will prevail on Tuesday with sunny and precipitation-free conditions. It will be warmer again. Clouds will move in from the south on Wednesday. A cold front could lead to some new fallen snow on Thursday.