Hochschwab Mountains

Low avalanche danger, but persistent weak layer problems in the northern and eastern exposures!

Low avalanche danger, but persistent weak layer problems in the northern and eastern exposures!

The avalanche risk is low. In the northern and eastern exposures, there is still a persistent weak layer problem at altitudes above the tree line. In steep terrain, avalanches can be triggered in a few places. However, even if the old snowpack is torn through, the avalanches usually remain small. In general, the risk of entrainment, falling and injury outweighs the risk of burial. However, be careful in the area of terrain traps. Sunny slopes can release wet slides from very steep slopes.

There is still significantly less snow than average. A thin layer partially covers a very variable and mostly hard or crusted can form old snowpack. There is significantly more snow in shady gullies and bowls than on sunny slopes, some of which are partly bare up to 2000 metres. In the northern and eastern exposures, the snowpack continues to be weakened by layers with faceted crystals and floating snow down to the foundations, and the persistent weak layer problem remains.

On the northern side of the Alps, it will be starry through the night. Tuesday will also start very sunny, but a few denser cloud fields will appear from the west during the daytime changes. Temperatures at 2000 metres will be between -4 and -1 degrees, at 1500 metres between -2 and +1 degrees. The wind will be moderately strong to brisk from the south.

Thick patches of high fog will persist below 2000 metres, particularly on the southern side of the Alps. On the northern side of the Alps, these may clear in foehn-like southerly winds. No significant change in the avalanche danger.