Deferegger Alps East

Wet snow represents the main danger.

Wet snow represents the main danger.

Wet avalanches can as before be released by a single winter sport participant. The avalanche prone locations are to be found especially on very steep west, north and east facing slopes below approximately 2800 m. Avalanches can release the saturated snowpack and reach medium size. Some rain will fall in the afternoon in some regions. As a consequence of the rain, the likelihood of avalanches being released will increase.

The surface of the snowpack will cool hardly at all during the overcast night and will already be soft in the early morning. The high humditiy will give rise to increasing softening of the snowpack. Up to high altitudes rain will fall in the afternoon in some regions. On steep sunny slopes as well as at low and intermediate altitudes only a little snow is now lying.

Some rain will fall over a wide area. Up to 10 cm of snow will fall above approximately 2200 m. The surface of the snowpack is not frozen and will already be soft in the early morning.