Hochschwab Mountains

Moderate avalanche danger above treeline

On Tuesday gray skies from the southwest, rainfall will set in amid mild temperatures, snowfall level over 1500 m. Danger of glide-snow and wet-snow activity will increase somewhat. The snowdrift problem will recede.

Moderate avalanche danger above treeline

Avalanche danger above the timberline is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Particularly critical: wind-loaded gullies and steep slopes in extended northern aspects, since the drifts here lie deposited atop loose fresh snow or surface hoar. Medium-sized slab avalanches can be triggered by 1 person. In addition, isolated medium-sized naturally triggered avalanches are possible.

The snowpack base is stable by and large, but moist, which means it can glide over smooth ground. Since Friday there has been up to 45 cm of fresh snow registered, often transported by southerly winds and deposited as snowdrifts on north-facing slopes atop soft layers of fresh snow and is often instable.

On Monday, variably cloudy, visibility mostly adequate. The southerly winds will be moderate to brisk, later in the day slackening off. Temperatures rising slightly. At 2000 m: -3 to 0 degrees.