Persistent weak layers
- All elevations
Avalanche forecast
View on mapNock Mountains
LWD Salzburg
Avalanche danger
- All elevations
- 1 · Low
Out of date — this forecast expired 4 years ago. You’re viewing past conditions, not the current bulletin.
Highlights
Very few avalanche prone locations. Persistent weak layer locally.
Avalanche problems
Snowpack Structure
The snowpack has settled well, shows signs of storm-wind impact. The snowdrifts are well consolidated, the surfaces encrusted or hard. Above the treeline the terrain is windblown, more snow can be found in the bowls. Inside the old snowpack are soft layers of faceted crystals, triggerable only in highly isolated instances. On steep sunny slopes the snow is superficially moist.
Avalanche Activity
Very few avalanche prone locations. Persistent weak layer locally.
Avalanche danger is still LOW. The snowpack is quite stable, only in few spots can large additional loading trigger a slab avalanche, most likely in shallow-snow transitions from little to much snow on shady, extremely steep slopes, where avalanches can grow to medium size nonetheless.
Weather Synopsis
On Friday, initially sunny and cloudless weather. Starting at midday, convective clouds will increase but it is expected to remain dry, the visibility good. Cold northerly winds (30-40 km/hr) in exposed terrain. Temperatures will drop. At 2000 m: -10 to -7 degrees. On Saturday, intermittently sunny, temporary low lying clouds will hinder the visibility. Winds will shift to northeasterly, reach 30 km/hr. At 2000 m: -12 to -8 degrees.
Tendency
No significant change is expected.
Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Salzburg (CC BY 4.0)