Pongau Grass Mountains

Attention: fresh snowdrift masses

Attention: fresh snowdrift masses

Avalanche danger above the timberline is MODERATE, below that altitude danger is LOW. Both fresh and older snowdrifts can be triggered even by one sole winter sports enthusiast in some places. Avalanches can in isolated cases attain medium size where snowfall has been heaviest. Snowdrifts are located on N-facing slopes, particularly in gullies and bowls.

Fresh snowdrift accumulations which formed on Monday are generally small and lie on steep ridgeline slopes. Older drifts lie atop a weak old snowpack surface at high altitudes, particularly in wind-protected shady gullies and bowls on N/E facing slopes. Snowpack analysis shows blanketed surface hoar. The snowpack at high altitudes is heavily wind-impacted and irregular.

On Tuesday: southerly winds will intensify over the course of the day, reaching 60 km/hr in the afternoon. Tauern peaks will often be shrouded in cloud from the south, a bit of snowfall is possible. In the Northern Alps clouds will be scattered, some sunny intervals are expected in the morning in particular. At 2000 m: -7 degrees; at 3000 m: -13 degrees. On Tuesday night, more snowfall in all regions, focus in the south.

Increase in avalanche danger levels due to fresh snow and wind