Nock Mountains

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

The avalanche danger remains low.

Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

The avalanche danger is low. In gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, crests or summits in shady slopes, there are very isolated trigger points in persistent weak layers that are difficult to disturb. Only very rarely can drift snow packs be triggered there by individuals. Avalanches remain small.

The snow depth is well below average for the time of year. The surface is crusted can form, on sunny slopes it softens during the daytime changes. In shady slopes, weak layers of faceted crystals have been preserved in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts. The fracture propagation potential is generally low due to the overall heavily built-up transformed snow cover.

The night will be starry and bright sunshine can be expected again on the mountains on Sunday. In the Niedere Tauern and Lungauer Nockberge there will be brisk winds from the north-west with peaks of around 60 km/h at high altitudes. Temperatures at 2000 metres will be between -1 and +3 degrees, at 3000 metres around -1 degree.