Graie Alps

Fresh wind slabs at intermediate and high altitudes.

Fresh wind slabs at intermediate and high altitudes.

As a consequence of northwesterly wind, sometimes avalanche prone wind slabs will form. The fresh wind slabs can be released by a single winter sport participant in some cases in particular on north to northeast to southeast facing aspects and generally at intermediate and high altitudes. The more recent wind slabs are to be bypassed in very steep terrain. In particular in the regions with a lot of snow and on sunny slopes more small and medium-sized dry and moist avalanches are possible as a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation. These can occur in particular in starting zones where no previous releases have taken place.

The snowpack will be well bonded below approximately 2000 m. In isolated cases new snow is lying on a hard crust. In all regions only a small amount of snow is lying for the time of year.