Avalanche forecast

Pre Alps

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Highlights

Isolated wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches

Avalanche problems

  • Wet snow

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Avalanche Activity

Isolated wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches

Avalanche danger is low. Wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches can trigger naturally during the course of the day , esp. on steep north-facing slopes, these can also be triggered by persons in steep terrain. The releases are mostly small-sized. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall require adequate caution.

Snowpack Structure

During a night of clear skies, little wind and dry air, the snowpack can consolidate superficially and in many places form a melt-freeze crust capable of bearing loads. Through higher daytime temperatures and solar radiation, the crust then softens rapidly and the snowpack loses its firmness. Beneath the melt-freeze crust the snowpack is thoroughly wet up to high altitudes.

Weather Forecast

Intermediate high: following a minimally cloudy night, sunshine will dominate on Saturday, with light foehn wind impact. Later on, convective cloud build-up. Temperatures will rise. At 2000m: -2 to +6 degree. Light-to-moderate strength SW winds, stronger in the foehn lanes.

Tendency

Easter Sunday will be quite sunny. Avalanche danger will be increasingly determined by the daytime danger cycle.

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Vorarlberg (CC BY 4.0)

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