Pongau Grass Mountains

Favourable situation, hardly and danger zones

Favourable situation, hardly and danger zones

There are few potential danger zones where a slab avalanche can be triggered by large additional loading, most likely in extremely steep, shallow-snow terrain above 2200 m in E/NE aspects. Shallow snow and extremely steep slopes near ridgelines should be avoided. The danger of taking a fall on the thin layer of fresh snow (just a few centimetres) far outweighs the avalanche danger.

The few centimetres of new snow don’t change anything, even though beneath the melt-freeze crust a soft layer lurks. The minor snowfall from Monday is too minor. Up to 2200 m there is a melt-freeze crust. Potential weak layer of faceted, soft old snow exists as of 2000/2200 m in eastern and northern aspects; this weak layer is currently not triggerable, simply too small and not cohesive. The gliding movements of recent days have come to an end.

On Monday, temperatures will plummet, an icy northerly wind (30 km/hr) will be blowing, the summits will be partly in fog in the morning, in the afternoon the clouds will disperse. In some spots, quite sunny. Snowfall from here to there until midday, minor amounts, at most 5 cm, very cold and loose. At 2000 m: -8 degrees; at 3000 m: -12 degrees. On Tuesday, sunshine from morning till night. Cloudless skies. At 2000 m: -8 to -4 degrees; at 3000 m: -9 degrees.. Little or no wind.

No change.