Dienten Mountains

Few avalanche prone locations due to persistent weak layers of snow

Few avalanche prone locations due to persistent weak layers of snow

The avalanche risk is low. Above around 2000 metres, small slab avalanches can still be triggered in a few places in the steep terrain looking from northwest to north to east. Danger areas are located at the transition from little to more snow and generally next to blown-off areas as well as in the entrance areas to gullies and bowls filled with wind slab. The risk of falling and injury generally outweighs the risk of burial, be careful in the area of terrain traps.

The snowpack is often encrusted on the surface, only in wind-protected, high altitudes on shady slopes is the snow still dry and soft. Particularly in northern and eastern aspects, bonded snow partially overlays a weak old snowpack, which now consists mainly of faceted crystals or deep rime. Prone to triggering weak layers are mainly found in the weak old snow foundation.

The night is clear at first, with a few clouds appearing in the morning. On Tuesday morning there will still be some sunshine in the mountains, then the clouds will thicken and visibility will become increasingly limited. At 2000 metres, the temperature will be -4 to -1 degrees. The wind will blow weakly to moderately from different directions.

No significant change in avalanche danger.