Kreuzeck Group

Isolated danger zones at high altitudes

Isolated danger zones at high altitudes

Weak layers in the uppermost part of the snowpack can in isolated cases be triggered by one sole skier. Such danger zones occur esp. on steep N/W/E-facing slopes above 2100m. Avalanches can in isolated cases grow to medium size. Due to solar radiation and daytime warmth, increasingly frequent wet-snow avalanches can be expected, especially on extremely steep sunny slopes, releases mostly small-sized. Acute danger of falling on hardened snowpack surfaces in steep terrain, esp. in the morning.

Clear skies are expected. The snowpack surface will freeze and be capable of bearing loads in early morning, softening subsequently over the course of the day. The old snowpack is moist, particularly on sunny slopes at all altitudes and on shady slopes below 2100m. Inside the old snowpack on N/W/E-facing slopes there are faceted, expansively metamorphosed weak layers, esp. abov 2400m. Below 1800m there is hardly any snow on the ground.

Wednesday will begin with sunshine. Clouds will move in from the north, some high-fog like clouds above 2000m could persist, and increase through the day, the higher peaks could disappear in fog, and ample convective cloud build-up in the afternoon is anticipated, with isolated showers possible. Moderate NW winds, reaching 50 km/hr. At 2000m: -1 degree; at 3000m: -9 degrees. Source: GeoSource Austria

Little change in avalanche danger levels anticipated