Západné Tatry

Beware of wet and glide snow avalanches at mid-elevations. Snow slabs in the high altitudes at Tatras!

Beware of wet and glide snow avalanches at mid-elevations. Snow slabs in the high altitudes at Tatras!

In the High, Western and Low Tatras the second degree of avalanche danger is valid. In the lower and middle altitudes, the main avalanche problem is wet snow. Here it can occur mechanically, but also spontaneously released avalanches. All orientations are dangerous. On steep, predominantly grassy slopes, large foundation avalanches are possible, which can hit valley roads. At altitudes above 1600 m above sea level, there are locally wind-pounded slabs and pillows, which can be released with large additional loads. Especially on steep slopes of northern orientations.

During the last snowfall, up to 10 cm of new snow fell at altitudes above 1900 m a.s.l., which was blown by strong winds and deposited on the leeward areas, mainly northern exposures, in the form of local snow slabs and pillows. At altitudes below 1900 m a.s.l., wet snow prevails on the surface, at lower altitudes the snow is wet throughout the profile. The snow cover is continuous, depending on the exposure, from an altitude of about 1200 m above sea level.

During the day with warming and precipitation rising Compiled by Pavel Beťko