Nock Mountains

Consistently avoid fresh wind slab!

Consistently avoid fresh wind slab!

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line. Fresh wind slabs can be triggered as small or medium-sized slabs in all aspects, even under low loads. Avalanche prone locations are mainly in gullies, bowls and behind terrain edges, also distant from ridgelines. Take particular care on very steep western, northern and eastern slopes above around 2000 metres. Transitions from little to more snow are particularly unfavourable.

The snow surface is characterised by the north-westerly storm of the last few days and the wind is also depositing fresh wind slab. It covers an unfavourable old snow surface above the tree line. Breaks are possible between the drift snow layers and at the transition to the persistent weak layer. The old snowpack is particularly weakened on western, northern and eastern slopes above around 2000 metres by layers of faceted crystals and deep frost as well as by a foundation of floating snow close to the ground.

The night will be free of precipitation with scattered clouds. High clouds will pass through on Monday, with occasional sunny spells. The north-westerly wind will pick up again during the day, becoming stormy again with gusts of 50 to 70 km/h in the afternoon. Temperature at 2000 metres around -6 degrees.

No significant change on Tuesday.