Bregenzerwald Mountains

Fresh snowdrifts at high altitudes. Glide-snow avalanches persist.

Fresh snowdrifts at high altitudes. Glide-snow avalanches persist.

In high ridgeline terrain, in gullies and bowls, freshly generated snowdrift accumulations require special attentiveness: they are often blanketed by fresher snowdrifts and are trigger-prone. Danger zones increase with ascending altitude. One winter sports enthusiast can trigger a medium-sized slab avalanche. Apart from the dangers of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall also need consideration. Beware cornices on ridges. Glide-snow avalanches are difficult to forecast or estimate. They can trigger in all aspecdts below 2600 m at any time of day or night and grow to medium size. Due to lower temperatures, the danger of superficial wet-snow avalanches has receded.

As a result of 10-15 cm more fresh snow plus wind impact, additional small-sized snowdrift accumulations have been generated. Fresh snow and small snowdrifts lie deposited atop a stable old snowpack surface. Fresh drifts at high-alpine altitudes have weak layers in the uppermost part of the snowpack, often trigger-prone. The warm ground and wet snowpack base reinforce gliding snowpack movements. Below 1400 m there is very little snow on the ground.

Nocturnal hours: Clouds predominate, intermittent light snowfall above 1000 m. Monday daytime: Light low-pressure front conditiopns will bring continuing variably conditions. Compact clouds will bring intermittent snowfall and reduced visibility. Intermittently dry with a bit of sunshine. At 2000 m: -4 degrees. Moderate-to-brisk westerly winds.

On Tuesday, quite sunny. During the course of the day, clouds will move in. Danger of dry-snow avalanches will not change significantly. Glide-snow avalanches will still be possible and hard to estimate and predict.