Mürztal Alps

Isolated dry-snow AND wet loose-snow avalanches at high altitudes

Isolated dry-snow AND wet loose-snow avalanches at high altitudes

Main danger: naturally triggered (moist and dry-snow) loose-snow avalanches in extremely steep terrain which can release in all aspects during the course of the day and also be triggered by 1 person. Releases mostly small, large in high-altitude starting zones when snow along the plummet path is swept along.Danger of slab avalanches, on the other hand, has receded. Danger zones likeliest on ridgelines, steep gullies and bowls, mostly by large additional loading. On steep smooth slopes small (in isolated cases large) glide-snow avalanches can trigger naturally. Avoid zones below glide cracks.

The fresh snow (up to 25 cm south of the Tauern) of the last few days lies deposited atop a compact snowpack base. The old snow is thoroughly moist, but was able to consolidate due to the lower temperatures in recent days. Due to higher temperatures on Sunday and the diffuse radiation, the fresh fallen snow was able to settle. Thus, the snowdrift problem has receded.

As a result of a low pressure front over Italy, moist air masses are moving into southeastern Styria. On Monday night in the Styrian rimline range snowfall will set in and persist into the day on Tuesday, snowfall level initially at valley level, then ascending to 1000 m. Most of the snowfall (up to 40 cm) is anticipated in the eastern barrier cloud regions at high altitudes of the Koralm, in northern and western regions of Upper Styria they will be far less. At 2000 m: -6 degrees; at 1500 m: -3 degrees, rising to +3 degreres in afternoon. The easterly winds will be moderate.

The low will move towards Slovakia, and with it the focus of precipitation will move to the northern flank of the Alps. Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly.