Verwall Mountains West

Fresh snowdrifts prone to triggering

Variable conditions, fresh snowdrift accumulations remain prone to triggering

Fresh snowdrifts prone to triggering

Trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations are forming. The accumulations can be easily triggered even by one sole skier. Danger zones occur in wind-loaded steep terrain, in gullies and bowls, and behind protruberances in the landscape. Size and frequency of danger zones tend to increase with ascending altitude. In addition, on steep shady slopes at high altitudes and in transitions from shallow to deep snow, isolated slab avalanches can be triggered by large additional loading. In zones where there has been rain impact, slides and small wet-snow avalanches are possible. Glide-snow avalanches, mostly small, continue to be possible. Caution urged below glide cracks.

Fresh snow and loosely-packed older snow will be transported widespread at high altitudes. Fresh and older, covered snowdrift accumulations are prone to triggering. The old snowpack is well consolidated by and large. In zones with rain impact, the snowpack is being weakened. Glide-snow avalanches continue to be possible.

The night will remain free of precipitation. Wednesday will begin with gray skies and snowfall, the snowfall level rising gradually from valley floor to nearly 2300m. In the afternoon, drier conditions wil prevail. At 2000m: -2 to +4 degrees. Strong to stormy westerly winds and stormy gusts at high altitudes.