Avalanche forecast

Fischbach Alps East, Wechsel

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Avalanche danger

Above treeline
2 · Moderate
Below treeline
1 · Low
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Highlights

Some new snow. Storm winds.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

    • All elevations

Avalanche Activity

Some new snow. Storm winds.

Avalanche danger above the treeline is moderate. Danger zones lie in E/S aspects, where a slab can be triggered even by minimum additional loading, but only reach size 2. Caution urged near ridgelines, where slab avalanches can trigger with ease.

Snowpack Structure

Fresh snowdrifts cover surface hoar or a hardened old snowpack surface. In some places the slopes are icy.

Weather Synopsis

In the southern mountains, only a few showers, the clouds will continue to disperse. Stormy NW winds will be blowing, reaching gale strength in exposed terrain. At 2000 m: -7 degrees, winds blowing at 60-120 km/hr.

Tendency

No significant change is expected.

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Styria (CC BY 4.0)

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