Avalanche forecast

Avalanche forecast

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Avalanche danger

Above 1,900 m
2 · Moderate
Below 1,900 m
1 · Low
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Highlights

Slightly rising danger of moist/wet avalanches due to rainfall. Caution: weak layers in old snow.

Avalanche problems

  • Persistent weak layers

    • Above 1,900 m

  • Wet snow

    • All elevations

Tendency

Increasing avalanche danger

Avalanche Activity

Slightly rising danger of moist/wet avalanches due to rainfall. Caution: weak layers in old snow.

Due to rainfall, increasingly frequent moist/wet-snow avalanches are possible, esp. on steep slopes in all aspects. Releases are relatively small and can be triggered in the old snow even by one sole skier. Such danger zones lie on very steep shady slopes and in transitions into gullies and bowls above 1900m and can reach medium size.

Snowpack Structure

Some rainfall, and some snowfall, esp. at high altitudes. Nocturnal outgoing longwave radiation is nearly absent. The snowpack is moist. In the lowermost part of the snowpack there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers evident, esp. at high altitudes.

Weather Forecast

Due to a foehn-driven SW air current, dense clouds will accumulate on Saturday, the summits often be shrouded in fog. During the course of the day, light precipitation. Moderate to strong SW winds, gusts reaching 60 km/hr. At 1000m: +6 degrees; at 2000m: 0 degrees. Source: GeoSphere

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Carinthia, lawinen.report (CC BY 4.0)