Avalanche forecast

Západné Tatry

HZS
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Avalanche danger

Above 1,800 m
2 · Moderate
Below 1,800 m
1 · Low
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Highlights

Continued strong warming - watch out for wet snow on steep slopes.

Avalanche problems

  • Wet snow

    • Above 1,800 m
    Size
    2

    Stability: poor · Frequency: few

  • Gliding snow

    • Above 1,800 m
    Size
    2

    Stability: poor · Frequency: few

Avalanche Activity

Continued strong warming - watch out for wet snow on steep slopes.

Moderate avalanche danger in the high Tatras and Low Tatras (above 1800 m above sea level), level 2. Due to previous rain and warming, the main avalanche problem is wet snow. Steep slopes, couloirs, and leeward areas of the highest altitudes are dangerous, where larger amounts of newer drifted snow are concentrated. Avalanches can be triggered here, especially with higher additional loads, but spontaneous avalanches and small avalanches from wet snow can also occur. Care should also be taken on the cornices in the upper parts of the ridges. On isolated steep slopes with grassy subsoils, gliding (base) avalanches may also occur.

Snowpack Structure

Due to the strong warming, the snow cover is mostly wet at all altitudes and often throughout the entire profile down to the ground. Continuous snow cover is found from 1600 - 1800 m above sea level (depending on the orientation), with most of it in terrain depressions, in gullies and at the ends of the Tatra valleys.

Tendency

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Bulletin data: Stredisko lavínovej prevencie HZS (via EAWS / avalanche.report)

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