Bregenzerwald Mountains

Favorable conditions, but fresh snowdrifts over small areas

Favorable conditions, but fresh snowdrifts over small areas

Avalanche danger is low. Isolated triggerings possible on extremely steep slopes. At high altitudes, small freshly generated snowdrift accumulations require attentiveness, they are frequently prone to triggering. Apart from the risks of being buried in snow masses, the danger of being swept along and forced to take a fall need due consideration. The danger of small, in isolated cases medium-sized glide-snow avalanches is difficult to estimate. Caution urged below glide-cracks.

The snowpack is well consolidated up to high altitudes. Particularly on shady slopes there are weak layers evident which can easily be triggered. Snowpack surfaces are often powdery on shady, wind-protected slopes. Elsewhere there are wind crusts and a melt-freeze crust evident. Elsewhere a wind crust is evident which is often capable of bearing loads, on sunny slopes there is a melt-crust. Small snowdrift accumulations are evident. During the course of the day, the superficially encrusted snowpack will moisten/soften on steep sunny slopes. At high altitudes fresh drifts are evident over small areas. Older drifts are generally quite compact.

Nocturnal skies will be cloudy, with light precipitation intermittently, snowfall above 1500m. On Wednesday morning, a bit of final snowfall is possible, most of the day it will be dry. At midday and during the afternoon hours, some sunshine is possible. At 2000m: -1 degree. Light to moderate W/SW winds at high altitudes.

Avalanche danger levels to increase somewhat on Thursday, due to fresh snowfall and wind