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Rare avalanche prone locations in the persistent weak layer covered by a little wind slab

Rare avalanche prone locations in the persistent weak layer covered by a little wind slab

The avalanche danger is low. Small avalanches in particular can occasionally be triggered by one person in shady slope high alpine regions above 2600 metres. On the one hand, where older wind slab snow has formed a suitable board over a weak layer in the persistent weak layer. On the other hand, close to the surface in the wind slab of the last few days, which is still prone to triggering. Be safe behind ridgelines, in gullies and bowls. In addition to the risk of burial, consideration should be given to the risk of entrainment.

The snow cover, snowpack is highly variable. The surface is crusted can form, on sunny slopes it softens during the daytime changes. In high, shady slopes, the melt-freeze crust is usually covered by edged snow with no binding. The potential for fracture propagation is generally low due to the overall highly built-up, transformed snow cover, snowpack. Fractures are most possible in low thickness wind slab snow, over the hard old snow foundation from early winter, or very rarely in the vicinity of crusts. The snow depth is well below average at all altitudes.

The night will be largely starry. High pressure with plenty of sunshine again on Monday. North-westerly winds are only likely to reach the Hohe Tauern region. Temperatures at 2000 metres will be between +2 and +6 degrees, at 3000 metres around -1 degree.

The avalanche danger is rising slightly with the gradual increase in fresh snow and wind on Tuesday, the uncertainty is still high.