Pongau Grass Mountains

Small drift snow accumulations on weak old snowpack

Small drift snow accumulations on weak old snowpack

The avalanche risk is low. In the extended northern and eastern exposures above around 2200 m, small slab avalanches can still be triggered by individual winter sports enthusiasts in a few places. Danger areas are located at the transition from little to more snow, in the blown-in entrance areas to steep gullies and behind terrain edges. Some of the avalanche prone locations are thinly covered with snow and difficult to recognise. In general, the risk of entrapment, falling and injury outweighs the risk of burial, but be careful in the area of terrain traps.

A few centimetres of new fallen snow covers previously empty areas or a hard, sometimes icy surface of old snow. On shady slopes in particular, small snowdrift accumulations usually overlay a weak old snowpack consisting of an alternation of crusts and faceted crystals or deep rime.

It will become increasingly soft during the night, with fog patches forming in the valleys. On Friday, sunshine will often predominate above the fog and high cloud fields will quickly move eastwards in the morning. Visibility is usually very good. The wind will be light to moderate from west to north at all altitudes. Temperatures at 2000 m at -5, at 3000 m around -10 degrees.

No significant change in avalanche danger.