Avalanche forecast

Glockner Group Pasterze

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Avalanche danger

Above 2,600 m
2 · Moderate
Below 2,600 m
1 · Low
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Highlights

Beware snowdrifts along the Salzburg border

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

    • Above 2,600 m

  • Wet snow

    • Below 2,600 m

Avalanche Activity

Beware snowdrifts along the Salzburg border

Due to fresh snow and moderate-velocity winds, trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations will be generated over the course of the day which can be triggered by one sole skier, but will be mostly small-sized releases. Caution urged in gullies and bowls and behind protruberances in the terrain along the Salzburg border.Danger zones occur above 2600m. Isolated danger zones occur also on sunny slopes in high-alpine zones. Wet-snow avalanches will be small but in isolated cases are triggerable by winter sports enthusiasts, esp. at the foot of rock walls. along the Italian border, following a night of cloudy skies.

Snowpack Structure

Above 2200m up to 15cm of fresh snow expected, locally more. Shady slopes above 2600m: fresh snowdrift accumulations occur above 2300m and lie atop soft layers. Below 2600m: the old snowpack is wet. Below 2200m hardly any snow on the ground.

Weather Forecast

On Thursday, ongoing instable conditions with a tendency towards showers, lots of dense cloud cover, the summit will be shrouded in fog. Sunny interims will be short. Winds light from the east, later blowing a moderate velocity from the northeast. At 2000m: +3 degrees; at 3000m: -7 degrees. Source: GeoSphere Austria

Tendency

Above 2200m up to 20cm of fresh snow is anticipated, locally more.

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Carinthia, lawinen.report (CC BY 4.0)

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