Avalanche forecast

Nock Mountains

LWD Salzburg
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Highlights

Few avalanche prone locations

Avalanche problems

  • Persistent weak layers

    • Above 1,900 m
    Size
    1

    Stability: poor · Frequency: few

Avalanche Activity

Few avalanche prone locations

Avalanche danger is low. There are very few danger zones in shady, steep entries into gullies and bowls. Particularly by large additional loading, small slab avalanches can be triggered here in the old snowpack. As a result of only minor amounts of fresh snow and win, isolated shallow snowdrift patches can be generate. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall need to be taken into consideration.

Snowpack Structure

Overall, there is llittle snow on the ground, exposed terrain is windblown or iced over; gullies and bowls are filled to the brim with snow. The small amounts of fresh snow and drifts form only small-sized trigger-sensitive patches. The old snowpack is being weakened, particularly on shady slopes, by expansively metamorphosed snow crystals.

Weather Forecast

A cold front will bring a bit of fresh snow on Thursday night, intermittently accompanied by strong-velocity W/NW winds and transported. Friday, strong-to-stormy NW winds reaching 70 km/hr. Visibility will be mostly adequate. Temperatures will drop noticeably. At 2000m: -10 degrees.

Tendency

No significant change in avalanche danger levels is anticipated.

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Salzburg (CC BY 4.0)

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