Lower Tauern South

Loose snow on extremely steep slopes: caution. Avoid slopes with glide cracks.

Loose snow on extremely steep slopes: caution. Avoid slopes with glide cracks.

Avalanche danger is MODERATE. On steeep sunny rocky slopes, small naturally triggered loose-snow avalanches can be expected, increasingly frequent as the day progressses, releases mostly small. On steep grass-covered slopes below 2700 m in all aspects which have not yet discharged, glide-snow avalanches reaching medium size are possible at any time of day or night. Avoid zones below glide cracks! In sunny steep terrain, naturally triggered small loose-snow avalanches are possible. Above 2400 m the freshly generated snowdrift accumulations can trigger a small slab by minimum additional loading. Such danger zones occur esp. on NW/N/E/SE facing steep slopes, behind discontinuities and in gullies. Beware terrain where you can take a fall and discontinuities in the terrain.

The fresh snowfall from the beginning of the week has settled, is generally well bonded with the old snowpack surface. The old snowpack is compact, thoroughly wet except on shady slopes above 2000 m, on sunny slopes up to 2600 m, often wet down to the ground which makes the snow glide over smooth slopes On shady slopes the snowpack above 2400 m still has reserves of cold, weak loose layers can develop.

On Thursday, pleasant weather conditions, extended sunshine, the clouds passing through will be above summit level, visibility could be diffuse, it will remain dry. the W/NW winds will be light-to-moderate. At 2000 m: +4 degrees, at 3000 m: -2 degrees.

Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly.