Vicentine Prealps

Winter sport participants can release avalanches now only rarely. Avalanches can in very isolated cases be released in the weakly bonded old snow at high altitude.

Winter sport participants can release avalanches now only rarely. Avalanches can in very isolated cases be released in the weakly bonded old snow at high altitude.

Avalanches can additionally in very isolated cases be released in the weakly bonded old snow at high altitude. These avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular on very steep shady slopes and at transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack. They are very rare but are difficult to recognise. In many places there is a danger of falling on the hard snow surface.

The small quantity of fresh snow and the wind slabs will be deposited on the favourable surface of an old snowpack in all aspects. In very isolated cases weak layers exist in the centre of the snowpack, in particular on steep shady slopes at high altitude. The weather conditions as the day progresses will give rise to slight moistening of the snowpack in some cases, in particular at intermediate altitudes.