Avalanche forecast

Karawanks West

LWD Kärnten
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Avalanche danger

All elevations
2 · Moderate
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Highlights

Individual wet avalanches are possible. Weakly bonded old snow on northwest, north and northeast facing slopes.

Avalanche problems

  • Wet snow

    • All elevations
    Size
    2

    Stability: very poor · Frequency: few

  • Persistent weak layers

    • Above 1,900 m
    Size
    2

    Stability: poor · Frequency: few

Avalanche Activity

Individual wet avalanches are possible. Weakly bonded old snow on northwest, north and northeast facing slopes.

As a consequence of the moist air individual moist and wet avalanches are possible, even medium-sized ones. These can be released by a single winter sport participant or triggered naturally. Caution is to be exercised in particular at the base of rock walls on very steep west and east facing slopes. In very isolated cases dry avalanches can be released in the old snowpack and reach medium size, especially above approximately 1900 m on northwest, north and northeast facing slopes.

Snowpack Structure

Outgoing longwave radiation during the night will be reduced. The weather conditions will give rise to increasing and thorough wetting of the snowpack especially on very steep sunny slopes. Distinct weak layers exist in the old snowpack in particular on northeast, north and northwest facing slopes. This applies especially above approximately 1900 m.

Tendency

Weakly bonded old snow requires caution. Gradual increase in danger of wet avalanches.

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Carinthia, lawinen.report (CC BY 4.0)

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