Pre Alps

Main danger: wet-snow avalanches

Main danger: wet-snow avalanches

The snowpack is weak, partly due to lack of nocturnal shortwave outgoing radiation, partly due to rainfall and mild temperatures. In very steep terrain in all aspects, wet slides and avalanches can be expected. On steep snow-covered grassy slopes, glide-snow avalanches are possible. Caution below glide cracks in the surface of the snowpack.

The old snowpack is weak up to over 2000m already in the early morning. During the daytime, mild temperatures and solar radiation lead to the snowpack becoming still wetter and rapidly forfeiting its firmness.

During the nighttime hours, cloud cover will rapidly move in from the northwest, frequently bringing heavy rain showers. Monday will start with dense, heavy low-lying clouds and final showers. Later in the morning conditions will become more pleasant. Temperature at 2000m: from 1 to 6 degrees; at 3000m: -4 to 0 degrees. Brisk-to-strong westerly winds at high altitude.

Main danger: wet-snow avalanches