Bregenzerwald Mountains

Favorable conditions. Caution: small-area snowdrift accumulations

Favorable conditions. Caution: small-area snowdrift accumulations

Avalanche danger is low. In ridgeline terrain, in gullies and bowls, freshly generated snowdrift accumulations require caution. They are mostly small-sized, but poorly bonded with the old snowpack and thus, prone to triggering. In risky terrain for falls, evaluate the drifts with caution, small-sized - avalanches can be triggered by one sole skier. Danger zones tend to increase in frequency with ascending altitude, need to be evaluated with caution. Naturally-triggered small loose-snow avalanches possible on extremely steep sunny slopes.

Amid mild temperatures, the snowpack is settling and stabilizing to an increasing extent. The uppermost snowpack layers are generally still loose (except in wind-impacted terrain) and lie atop a well consolidated and often encrusted old snowpack . In high-altitude wind-impacted zones and ridgelines, small fresh snowdrift accumulations have been generated. Some older drifts are now blanketed and layers of graupel embedded. Not much snow on the ground at low altitudes.

A high-pressure front is st bringing stable weather conditions with outstanding visibility. Relative mild for this juncture of the season, the zero-degree level will ascend to nearly 3000m. At 2000m: +5 degrees. Moderate to brisk southeasterly winds at high altitudes, foehn impact from Rätikon to Hochtannenberg.

Avalanche danger levels will continue to be favorable