Pongau Grass Mountains

Weak persistent weak layers and fresh wind slab can be disturbed.

Weak persistent weak layers and fresh wind slab can be disturbed.

The avalanche risk is low. In the extended northern and eastern exposures above around 2200 m, mostly small slab avalanches can still be triggered by individual winter sports enthusiasts. Danger areas are located at the transitions from little to more snow as well as in the entrance areas to steep gullies and bowls and behind terrain edges. Avalanche prone locations are sometimes thinly covered with snow and difficult to recognise. In general, the risk of entrapment, falling and injury usually outweighs the risk of burial, but be careful in the area of terrain traps.

Around 5 to 10 centimetres of new fallen snow accumulates overnight, covering previously bare areas (south-facing) or a hard surface of old snow. In addition, fresh snowdrift accumulations develop on a small scale during the day, in particular on the eastern slopes. In general, the thin snow surface is very variable. On shady slopes in particular, the mostly small snowdrift accumulations overlay a weak old snowpack, with faceted crystals between crusts.

Accumulating fresh snow in the morning and repeated snowfall during the day will bring a widespread 5 cm of new fallen snow by Thursday evening, locally up to 10 cm. However, the intensity will already decrease noticeably in the morning, but visibility will remain poor and clouds will remain dense. The wind will blow moderately to brisk from west to northwest. At 2000 metres it will cool down to around -6 degrees.

No significant change in avalanche danger.