Kreuzeck Group

Rapidly rising danger of wet-snow avalanches. Beware persistent weak layers.

Rapidly rising danger of wet-snow avalanches. Beware persistent weak layers.

Due to solar radiation and daytime warmth, increasingly frequent wet-snow avalanches can be expected, including medium-sized releases, on very steep E/S/W-facing slopes, esp. below 2700m. Morning: acute danger of falls on the hardened crust on steep dlopes. Weak layers in the uppermost part of the snowpack can in isolated cases be triggered by one sole skier, danger zones occur esp. on steep N/W/E-facing slopes above 2400m. Isolated danger zones also occur on steep south-facing slopes above 2600m. Isolated avalanches can fracture down to more deeply embedded layers of the snowpack and grow to medium size.

Inside the old snowpack on N/W/E-facing slopes there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers, esp. abov 2400m. Clear skies over far-reaching areas: the surface freeze enough so that it can bear loads. Sunshine and warmth moisten the snowpack during the daytime, esp. on very steep E/S/W-facing slopes including at high altitudes, swiftly softening the snowpack which becomes thoroughly wet at low and intermediate altitudes. Below 1700m there is hardly any snow on the ground.

On Saturday, once again very sunny and mild. In afternoon, some harmless clouds will move in from the north, later on become denser. Visibility will remain good. The N/NW winds will be light to moderate. At 1000m: +18 degrees; at 2000m: +6 degrees; at 3000m: -4 degrees. Source: GeoSource Austria

Little change in avalanche danger levels anticipated