Nock Mountains

Risk of falling on often steel-hard surfaces

Risk of falling on often steel-hard surfaces

Avalanche danger is initially LOW. In extremely steep terrain on smooth ground (meadows, rocks, glaciers) isolated small-to-medium glide-snow avalanches can release. Cracks in the snowpack can indicate imminent danger, thus, they should be avoided.

Atop a varyingly shallow, very stable and often ground-deep moist snowpack which is raw and marked by dust from the Sahara on the surface, a few centimetres of fresh snow will fall without much wind impact.

On Thursday, poor visibility. Mountains in fog and clouds. Rainfall and snowfall. Snowfall level at 1500 m. Fresh snow: 2-10 cm. Northerly winds generally light to moderate. At 2000 m: -2 degres; at 3000 m: -8 degrees. On Friday, reduced visibility from low lying cloud, rainfall and snowfall in repeated bouts. Snowfall level in the Northern Alps at 1000 m, in the Tauern and Nockberge at 1500 m, then descending during the daytime. In the afternoon in the Northern Alps, northerly winds at 40 km/hr. At 2000 m: -6 degrees; at 3000 m: -9 degrees.

As a result of dropping temperatures, fresh snow and rising winds, avalanche danger on Friday will increase somewhat (snowdrift problem).