Weisseck, Muhr Valley

Prone to triggering fresh wind slab.

Prone to triggering fresh wind slab.

The avalanche danger is moderate. Fresh wind slabs are formed by storms from the north-west. This falls on an unfavourably built-up old snow surface and is prone to triggering. Small avalanches in particular can be triggered by a single person in some places from around 2200 metres. Take particular care in terrain traps, areas adjacent to the ridgeline, crests or summits and in gullies and bowls.

The snow cover, snowpack is highly variable. In high, shady slopes, the melt-freeze crust usually consists of edged snow with no binding. Due to the overall highly built-up transformed snow cover, the potential for fracture propagation is generally low. Fractures are most possible in fresh wind slab snow, above the hard old snow foundation from early winter, or very rarely in the vicinity of crusts. The snow depth is well below average at all altitudes.

It will be markedly colder on Tuesday. At the beginning, the sun shines briefly, but soon more clouds move through, bringing around 5 cm of new fallen snow. The snow showers will largely subside by the evening. The wind will blow gale-force from the north-west with gusts of 100 - 110 km/h in the exposed terrain of the Hohe Tauern. Temperatures at 2000 metres will be around -11 degrees, at 3000 metres between -20 and -18 degrees.

The avalanche danger increases slightly with more new fallen snow and wind on Wednesday.