Nock Mountains

Rare release points and risk of injury from stones.

Rare release points and risk of injury from stones.

The avalanche risk is low, but injuries from stones and falling remain the main dangers. Some wind slab has accumulated on a small scale. This is easily recognisable and can only be disturbed by individuals in isolated cases. In gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, crests or summits in shady slopes, there are isolated trigger points in persistent weak layers that are difficult to disturb.

There is a below-average amount of snow and the snow cover, snowpack is highly variable in the interior. In shady slopes at high altitudes, weak layers of faceted crystals are occasionally preserved in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts. The fracture propagation potential is generally low due to the overall highly structured snow cover, snowpack.

Traces of new fallen snow are possible during the night to Thursday. The wind will die down in the morning. On Thursday, residual clouds will soon clear and it will be mostly sunny. High cloud fields will cloud the sky at times. The westerly wind will be much weaker than the day before, usually reaching speeds of around 30 km/h. Temperatures will continue to rise, from -8 to -4 degrees at 2000 metres.

The avalanche danger remains low on Friday.