Nock Mountains

A small amount of new snow, injury from stones and falling remain the main dangers.

A small amount of new snow, injury from stones and falling remain the main dangers.

The avalanche danger is low. In a few places, drift snow packs can be triggered by individuals in shady slopes. Avalanche prone locations are in very steep terrain, avalanches remain small. At higher altitudes, there are very occasional trigger points for small avalanches in persistent weak layers in north-facing gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, crest or summit.

The snow depth is well below average for the time of year, low to medium altitudes and the sunny slopes are widely covered in snow. The few centimetres of new fallen snow come to rest at high altitudes on a mostly compact, hard-frozen snow cover, surface hoar can also be snowed in in places. At high altitudes on the shady slopes, weak layers of faceted crystals have been preserved in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts.

It will snow lightly from the morning on Wednesday. It will snow most in the Lungau Nockberge region, but even there only about 5 cm of new fallen snow will accumulate. The wind will be weak to moderately strong from the east. The wind peaks will reach around 40 km/h in open areas. The temperature at 2000 metres will be around -7 degrees Celsius, at 3000 metres around -9 degrees Celsius. The snowfall will soon subside on Thursday night and the clouds will begin to clear.

The avalanche danger remains low.