Tuxer Alps West

Weakly bonded old snow requires caution. Wet snow requires caution.

Weakly bonded old snow requires caution. Wet snow requires caution.

Avalanches can be released in the old snowpack and reach large size. This applies even in case of a single winter sport participant. The avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular on steep west, north and east facing slopes above approximately 2000 m. Individual avalanche prone locations are to be found also on steep sunny slopes above approximately 2400 m. Caution is to be exercised in particular at transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack, when entering gullies and bowls for example. In their paths avalanches can entrain the wet snow. This extends the avalanche runout distances. Remotely triggered avalanches are possible. Whumpfing sounds and the formation of shooting cracks when stepping on the snowpack serve as an alarm indicating the danger. Outgoing longwave radiation during the night will be severely restricted over a wide area. Individual small and, in isolated cases, medium-sized wet loose snow avalanches are possible below approximately 2200 m.

Some snow will fall in some localities. The weather will be mild. Distinct weak layers exist in the old snowpack in particular on west, north and east facing slopes. The surface of the snowpack will cool hardly at all during the overcast night and will already be soft in the early morning.

Weakly bonded old snow requires caution. Single winter sport participants can release avalanches as before. The weather will be sunny over a wide area. Slight increase in danger of wet avalanches as a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation.