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Low-volume drift snow and rare avalanche prone locations in old snow

Low-volume drift snow and rare avalanche prone locations in old snow

The avalanche danger is low. In shady slopes at high altitudes from around 2600 m, fresh packs of prone-to-triggering drift snow have formed. Small and near-surface avalanches in particular can easily be triggered there in a few places, especially in extremely steep gullies and bowls and behind ridgelines. In these areas, there are still isolated trigger points for small avalanches in the old snow.

The snow cover, snowpack is moist or even wet due to heat and rain up to medium to high altitudes. There are crusts on the surface and inside the snow cover, snowpack. In their vicinity, angular crystals can still be found at shady slopes, which can occasionally serve as a weak layer. The snow depth is well below average at all altitudes.

Brisk southerly foehn winds in places until Thursday night. Good visibility on the mountains on Friday and hardly any wind or clouds apart from patches of fog in some valleys. Warming to around 4 degrees at 2000 metres, around -4 degrees at 3000 metres, frost line around 2500 metres.

The avalanche danger remains low.