Pongau Grass Mountains

Low risk of isolated wet snow avalanches

Low risk of isolated wet snow avalanches

The avalanche risk is low. Occasional small wet snow avalanches are possible on the few sunny slopes that have not yet been discharged.

In addition, small snow slabs can still be triggered in exceptional cases in the entrance areas of steep gullies on shady slopes with large additional loads. The risk of being swept away and falling on icy surfaces generally outweighs the risk of burial.

Low and sunny mid-altitude areas are snowed out. Where present, the snowpack is moist to wet and well settled right up to the summit areas. The snowpack outgoing longwave radiation is greatly reduced overnight and only just a thin melt-freeze crust forms. In the higher areas on shady slopes, there are still weak layers of large faceted crystals in the lower part of the snowpack, especially near the ground.

The night will be mostly cloudy and the frost line will drop to around 1700 metres by the morning. On Thursday, rain or snow will fall repeatedly in the morning, in the afternoon it will generally dry out a little, but further short showers will form and dense clouds will restrict visibility. A total of 5 to 10 cm of new fallen snow will fall in the northern mountain regions, less in the south and east. The snowfall level is between 1200 and 1500 metres. Later in the day it will soften up a little from the west. The wind will be mainly weak to moderate from the west to north-west. Temperatures at 2000 metres will be around -3 degrees.

No significant change in the avalanche danger as the weather improves on Friday.