Avalanche forecast

Kreuzeck Group

LWD Kärnten
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Avalanche danger

Above 2,200 m
2 · Moderate
Below 2,200 m
1 · Low
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Highlights

Beware snowdrift accumulations and persistent weak layers

Avalanche problems

  • Persistent weak layers

    • Above 2,200 m

  • Wind slab

    • Above 2,200 m

Avalanche Activity

Beware snowdrift accumulations and persistent weak layers

Due to fresh fallen snow and strong-to-stormy northerly winds, further snowdrift accumulations are being generated esp. in gullies, bowls and behind protruberances in the terrain. Avalanches can be triggered in the weak old snow by one sole skier. Danger zones occur esp. on W/N/E-facing slopes above 2200m. Isolated danger zones also lie on south-facing slopes above 2600m. Avalanches can also be triggered in the near-surface layers of the snowpack in all aspects above 2200m. The releases can fracture down to deeper layers and thereby grow to medium size.

Snowpack Structure

Often stormy winds have intensively transported the fresh fallen snow. The newly generated snowdrifts lie deposited in all aspects above 2200m atop soft layers. On N/W/E-facing slopes, trigger-sensitive weak layers are evident. The new snowdrift accumulations lie deposited atop soft layers above 2200m. At low and intermediate altitudes the snowpack is moist. Below 1700m there is little snow on the ground.

Weather Forecast

On Wednesday, lots of high-foglike clouds will move in amidst persistently strong easterly winds, above which it will be sunny all day long. Elsewhere, clouds will disperse regionally only during the afternoon hours. At 1000m: +13 degrees; at 2000m: +2 degrees; at 3000m: -6 degrees. Source: GeoSource Austria

Tendency

No significant change expected

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

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