Samnaun Mountains

As a consequence of new snow and stormy weather a precarious avalanche situation will be encountered over a wide area.

As a consequence of new snow and stormy weather a precarious avalanche situation will be encountered over a wide area.

The danger exists in particular in alpine snow sports terrain. The fresh snow as well as the wind slabs that are being formed by the strong to storm force northwesterly wind can be released easily in all aspects above the tree line. As a consequence of the heavy snowfall natural avalanches are possible from the second half of the night. Faceted weak layers exist in the centre of the snowpack in particular on steep west, north and east facing slopes. This applies in particular between approximately 2200 and 2600 m. Here natural avalanches are possible. These can in some cases reach dangerously large size. As a consequence of the new snow there will be an additional increase in the danger of gliding avalanches, especially on steep grassy slopes.

In some regions up to 30 cm of snow fell on Monday. 20 to 30 cm of snow will fall until the evening. The wind will be strong to storm force. As a consequence of new snow and northwesterly wind, avalanche prone wind slabs will form in all aspects. The fresh wind slabs are bonding poorly with the old snowpack in particular on wind-protected shady slopes. In its middle, the snowpack is faceted and weak, especially on shady slopes between approximately 2200 and 2600 m.

Hardly any decrease in avalanche danger.