Bregenzerwald Mountains

Rainfall leading to wet-snow avalanches

Rainfall leading to wet-snow avalanches

Due to recent rainfall and now, intensive solar radiation, wet-snow medium-sized avalanches can still be expected in very steep terrain. Wherever there is lots of snow on the ground, these releases can grow to large size. On steep grass-covered slopes, glide-snow avalanches can occur. Zones with glide cracks on the surface should under all circumstances be avoided. Particularly on very steep shady slopes above 1800m, avalanches can fracture down to deeper-down layers inside the snowpack and then grow to large size.

The snowpack is thoroughly moist or wet, in places melt-freeze crusts are forming. Only above 1800m on shady slopes are there still weak layers in some places in the lowermost part of the snowpack.

On Wednesday, brilliant sunshine and intensive daytime warming. The zero-degree level will ascend to above 3000m. Temperature at 2000m: rising from 0 to +7 degrees, at 3000m from -5 to +1 degree. Light northwesterly winds at high altitudes.

Avalanche danger will gradually diminish due to tranquil high-pressure weather