Západné Tatry

Watch out for wind-blown snow on hard ground and a permanently weak layer on the northern sector!

Watch out for wind-blown snow on hard ground and a permanently weak layer on the northern sector!

In the High, Western and Western part of the Low Tatras there is a moderate avalanche danger, 2nd degree, at altitudes above 1700 m above sea level. Here, due to snowfall and strong winds in the previous days, unstable snow slabs and pillows have formed, especially in the northern orientations. The new snow and wind-blown slabs are deposited on the old hard base, with which it is not sufficiently bonded. In the northern sector, there is also an unstable layer of square-grained snow in the snow profile at the highest elevations. u Avalanche can be released in steep and very steep terrain. Occasional smaller spontaneous avalanches are possible.

The older snow cover is mostly well consolidated and settled. It has received 10 to 20 cm of new snow in recent days. It is unevenly distributed, especially in the northern sector. Hard slabs alternate with puffy pillows of new snow. During Tuesday, we expect a gradual increase in cloud cover, with the 0°C isotherm reaching 1200 m above sea level. Snow cover continues to be well below average, especially at elevations up to 1600m.

With the expected weather patterns persisting.