Glockner Group Pasterze

Circumvent snowdrift accumulations. Caution: persistent weak layer.

Circumvent snowdrift accumulations. Caution: persistent weak layer.

As a result of resh snow and increasingly stormy winds, wide-reaching snowdrift accumulations have been generated particularly in gullies and bowls and behind protruberances in the landscape. These drifts can be triggered easily by one single skier, or trigger naturally, in all aspects above 2200m. Avalanches can fracture down to more deeply embedded layers inside the snowpack on shady slopes in particular, and then grow to larger size. Whumpf noises and glide-cracks when the snowpack is tred upon are indicators of danger. Frequency and size of danger zones tend to increase with ascending altitude.

Since Friday there has been 15-20cm of fresh snow along the Salzburg border. In the afternoon, 10-15 cm of fresh snow is anticipated. Moderate winds will transporte the fresh snow. The cold fresh snow and fresh snowdrifts which lie deposited particularly in gullies, bowls and behind irregularities in the landscape, lie atop a weak old snowpack surface in all aspects above 2200m. Inside the old snowpack on shady wind-protected slopes there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed layers, particularly above 2200m. Naturally triggered and artificially triggered avalanches have brought to light the unfavorable snowpack layering. The snowpack is highly irregular over small areas.

Monday will begin with heavy cloud cover. During the daytime the clouds will disperse increasingly, extended periods of sunshine are anticipated in the afternoon. A strong NW wind will be blowing, becoming stormy in the eveninig. At 3000m: -16 degrees; at 2000m: -9 degrees; at 1000m: +1 degree.

Circumvent snowdrift accumulations