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Circumvent fresh snowdrifts. Caution: persistent weak layer.

Circumvent fresh snowdrifts. Caution: persistent weak layer.

Snowdrift accumulations which are prone to triggering have been generated particularly in gullies, bowls and behind protruberances in the landscape due to fresh snow and strong to storm-velocity winds. Snowdrifts can be triggered by one single skier and are expected to remain trigger-sensitive. Danger zones occur esp. on shady slopes above 2400m. Whumpf noises and glide cracks when you step onto the snowpack are indicators of danger. Avalanches can grow to medium size. Magnitude and frequency of danger zones will tend to increase with ascending altitude.

As a result of strong winds, trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations have been generated esp. in gullies, bowls and behind protruberances in the landscape. The older snowdrifts lie deposited atop soft layers particularly on NW/N/SE facing slopes above 2400m. The old snowpack is faceted, expansively metamorphosed, often weak. The snowpack is highly diverse even over small areas.

On Monday, cloudless skies in the mountains, unhampered sunshine. Moderate to strong-velocity NE winds will be blowing particularly at high altitudes. Temperatures will gradually climb. At 2000m: between -9 and -5 degrees; at 3000m: -9 degrees. Source: GeoSphere Austria

Snowdrift accumulations to slowly stabilize over the next few days due to higher temperatures