Lower Tauern South

Individual sliding snow avalanches, isolated danger spots in old snow

Individual sliding snow avalanches, isolated danger spots in old snow

The risk of avalanches is low, the risk of falling is higher than the risk of burial. Occasionally, a snow slab can be triggered by a single winter sports enthusiast above 2500 metres. The avalanches usually remain small. The main danger spots are on extremely steep, shady slopes. Small, spontaneous sliding snow avalanches are possible from very steep, not yet unloaded grass mat terrain.

The surface is dominated by (fractured) hardpack or crusts, some of which soften during the day. From around 2500 m, there are angular crystals within the snowpack near the crusts, which can occasionally serve as a weak layer. Below this, the snow cover is stable and is most likely to slide off the ground. Overall, there is very little snow, and on the sunny side, it is bare far up.

Friday night will be partly cloudy. Visibility will be good on Friday. In the morning there will be more clouds over the peaks, in the afternoon the sun will appear more frequently. It will be slightly milder: At 2000 m -1 to +4 degrees, at 3000 m around -2 degrees.

Little change.