Pongau Grass Mountains

Beware small snowdrift accumulations

Beware small snowdrift accumulations

Avalanche danger is low. At high altitudes, fresh small snowdrift accumulations are often triggerable by 1 person, esp in gullies and bowls. The danger of falling outweighs that of snow masses. Latent danger of glide-snow avalanches persists. In high starting zones, avalanches can reach medium-to-large size. Avoid zones below glide cracks. During the course of the day, small loose-snow avalanches can be expected on extremely steep sunny slopes due to solar radiation.

Due to southerly foehn winds, snowdrifts on shady slopes are often deposited atop soft layers where they are trigger-prone. The fresh snowfall from the weekend was moistened on sunny slopes up to 2400 m, on shady slopes it is still loose up to intermediate altitudes.

Nighttime skies will be variably cloudy. On Tuesday, good visibility, lots of sunshine, only high clouds, in afternoon diffuse light. Southerly winds will be brisk to strong, stormier in the foehn lanes (80 km/hr). At 2000 m: -5 to +6 degrees.

Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly.