Vicentine Prealps

The new snow and wind slabs represent the main danger. Up to 50 cm of snow has fallen since Monday above approximately 1400 m. Backcountry touring calls for experience in the assessment of avalanche danger.

The new snow and wind slabs represent the main danger. Up to 50 cm of snow has fallen since Monday above approximately 1400 m. Backcountry touring calls for experience in the assessment of avalanche danger.

The new snow and wind slabs must be evaluated with care and prudence in all aspects. In particular wind-loaded slopes are especially dangerous. The fresh and somewhat older wind slabs and can be released easily at their margins. Soft weak layers exist in the snowpack in particular at transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack, when entering gullies and bowls for example.

The new snow can be released easily or naturally in all aspects in all altitude zones. The covering of new snow is soft. Distinct weak layers in the upper part of the snowpack are difficult to recognise. Over a wide area new snow is lying on a weakly bonded old snowpack.