Deferegger Alps East

Wet snow slides and avalanches are still possible.

Wet snow slides and avalanches are still possible.

The surface of the snowpack will cool hardly at all during the overcast night and will already be soft in the early morning. Already in the late morning individual small to medium-sized wet loose snow avalanches are possible. This applies in all aspects below approximately 2400 m. As the day progresses as a consequence of the moist air there will be an additional increase in the danger. In addition a certain danger of gliding avalanches exists. This applies on steep grassy slopes in the regions with a lot of snow. Areas with glide cracks are to be avoided as far as possible.

As a consequence of mild temperatures and very cloudy skies the snowpack can not consolidate during the night. The surface of the snowpack will already be soft in the early morning. The high humditiy will give rise from the late morning to a loss of strength within the snowpack below approximately 2400 m. At elevated altitudes the situation is more favourable. The somewhat older wind slabs have bonded well with the old snowpack. The old snowpack will be generally stable.

Wet and gliding avalanches are the main danger.