Champdepraz Monte Avic

The danger of moist and wet avalanches will increase quickly during the day.

The danger of moist and wet avalanches will increase quickly during the day.

The conditions are generally favourable for ski touring. The surface of the snowpack will freeze to form a strong crust and will soften quickly. In the late morning the natural activity of moist and wet avalanches will gradually increase. In starting zones where no previous releases have taken place and on very steep slopes more small and, in isolated cases, medium-sized moist snow slides and avalanches are possible. Backcountry tours and ascents to alpine cabins should be concluded timely. As a consequence of new snow and a sometimes moderate southeasterly wind, mostly small wind slabs formed on Monday. They have formed at high altitudes and in high Alpine regions.

The surface of the snowpack has frozen to form a strong crust. New snow and wind slabs are lying on a wet old snowpack. At higher altitudes, snow cover becomes thinner and patchy; it is better at mid-altitudes, which are less exposed to the wind. Below approximately 1900 m hardly any snow is lying. Weak layers exist in the snowpack in particular on steep shady slopes. As a consequence of the snow drift accumulations will stabilise during the next few days.

As a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation more moist and wet avalanches are possible. Sunshine and high temperatures will give rise to settling of the snowpack.