Nock Mountains

Circumvent small-area snowdrift accumulations

Circumvent small-area snowdrift accumulations

Avalanche danger is low. Slabs, mostly small-sized, can trigger particularly on very steep and extremely steep north, northwest and south-facing slopes by minimum additional loading. Isolated small glide-snow and loose-snow avalanches can trigger naturally. Danger zones occur on very steep and extremely steep slopes, in entries into gullies and bowls and behind protruberances in the landscape. Danger zones difficult to recognize due to poor visibility.

On top of a shallow and relatively compact snow cover, snow and drifts (with embedded graupel) lie deposited. During the night, surface hoar can form. In wind-protected terrain, loose fresh snowfall still lies on the surface. The border to the old snowpack can serve as a weak layer, m deeply embedded layers are unlikely to trigger.

On Wednesday, rapidly deteriorating visibility, dense clouds, soon bringing snowfall. During the afternoon hours, snowfall intensity will ease off slightly. All in all in the Tauern: 10-15 cm of fresh snow expected. Winds esp. in high alpine regions will be strong to stormy from north to northwest. At 2000m: dropping to -7 degrees.

Snowdrift problem is receding