Avalanche forecast

Saualpe North

LWD Kärnten
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Avalanche danger

Above 1,600 m
2 · Moderate
Below 1,600 m
1 · Low
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Highlights

Fresh wind slabs are to be avoided.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

    • Above 1,600 m
    Size
    2

    Stability: poor · Frequency: some

  • Persistent weak layers

    • Above 1,900 m
    Size
    2

    Stability: poor · Frequency: few

Avalanche Activity

Fresh wind slabs are to be avoided.

Wind slabs can be released by a single winter sport participant in all aspects. Avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular in gullies and bowls, and behind abrupt changes in the terrain. Mostly avalanches are medium-sized. In very isolated cases avalanches can also penetrate near-ground layers of the snowpack. Caution is to be exercised in particular on very steep west, north and east facing slopes above approximately 1900 m. Especially transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack are unfavourable. Individual natural avalanches are not entirely ruled out.

Snowpack Structure

In some regions 10 to 20 cm of snow has fallen. The wind will be strong to storm force. The northwesterly wind will transport the new snow. Further wind slabs will form. The new snow and wind slabs are lying on the unfavourable surface of an old snowpack above the tree line. The old snowpack will be weakly bonded, especially on west, north and east facing slopes above approximately 1900 m.

Tendency

Wind slabs require caution.

Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Carinthia, lawinen.report (CC BY 4.0)

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