Avalanche forecast

Caution urged towards wet snow and weak layers in old snow.

Caution urged towards wet snow and weak layers in old snow.

Small wet loose-snow avalanches are possible, esp. on steep slopes. In addition, isolateed small-to-medium wet slab avalanches are possible at the foot of rock walls, esp. during the afternoon hours, in starting zones which have not yet discharged. Weak layers in the old snowpack can in isolated cases be triggered by one sole skier. Such danger zones occur on very steep shady slopes and in transitions into gullies and bowls above 1900m, and can reach medium size. Due to fresh fallen snow and moderate-velocity southerly winds, mostly small snowdrift accumulations were generated in ridgeline terrain, often triggerable by minimum additional loading.

Nocturnal outgoing longwave radiation is reduced. The snowpack will soften increasingly during the course of the day. In the middle part of the snowpack on N/W/E facing slopes there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers evident. Snowdrift accumulations lie deposited atop unfavorable layers, esp. above 2300m on shady slopes.

Uncertain conditions on Wednesday, generally pleasant and some sunshine. In the afternoon, convective cloud build-up. Light to moderate NE winds (40 km/hr). At 1000m: +9 degrees; at 2000m: 0 degrees. Source: GeoSphere

Caution: local showers