Ybbstaler Alpen

Prone to triggering wind slab snow in the higher elevations! Beginning of wet snow problems at lower altitudes.

The night into Sunday will bring consistently cloudy weather, the mountains will continue to be blasted by north-westerly winds and it will rain or snow at times. Sunday itself will also be cloudy, with hardly any clearing and frequent rain or snow. A total of up to 10 cm of new fallen snow is expected at high altitudes. The snowfall level will rise from 900 to around 1600 metres above sea level during the day. The temperature at 1500 metres will rise from -1 to +2 degrees. Stormy winds from the north-west.

The unsettled, rainy and mild north-westerly weather conditions continue at the start of the week. The drifting snow problem is easing.

Prone to triggering wind slab snow in the higher elevations! Beginning of wet snow problems at lower altitudes.

The avalanche risk above the tree line is rated as "considerable". Stormy north-westerly winds create fresh drift snow packs in the east and south sectors, which in many places can be triggered by individual winter sports enthusiasts as medium slab avalanches. Spontaneous wet snow avalanches and smaller gliding avalanches can occur at lower altitudes.

Stormy north-westerly winds form fresh wind slabs. The connection between the drift snow packs and the old snowpack is not yet sufficient in places. At shady high altitudes, the old snowpack is unfavourably structured in places with crusts and embedded faceted crystals. With the arrival of rain, the snowpack at lower altitudes loses stability and can also start to glide snow on steep grassy slopes.