Border Graie Alps

Individual avalanche prone locations are to be found on very steep shady slopes at high altitudes and in high Alpine regions.

Individual avalanche prone locations are to be found on very steep shady slopes at high altitudes and in high Alpine regions.

Individual avalanche prone locations are to be found in steep terrain at high altitudes and in high Alpine regions and adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls. This applies in particular along the border with France. Isolated avalanche prone weak layers exist in the bottom section of the snowpack on steep northwest, north and northeast facing slopes. Weak layers in the lower part of the snowpack can be released in isolated cases by individual winter sport participants here. Avalanches can be released in near-ground layers and reach medium size. Be careful of the numerous rocks hidden by the little snow.

In all aspects as well as in all altitude zones only a small amount of snow is lying for the time of year. 10 to 20 cm of snow fell in the last few days above approximately 1700 m. Especially shady slopes high altitudes and the high Alpine regions: The covering of new snow is dry; its surface consists of loosely bonded snow. Faceted weak layers exist in the bottom section of the snowpack on steep north, northeast and northwest facing slopes. The high humditiy gave rise to moistening of the snowpack over a wide area at low and intermediate altitudes. On southeast, south and southwest facing slopes as well as at low altitude from a snow sport perspective, in most cases insufficient snow is lying.

The weather conditions as the day progresses will give rise to increasing consolidation of the snowpack.