Dachstein, Gosaukamm

Ascent to moderate avalanche danger!

Ascent to moderate avalanche danger!

The avalanche risk is low in the morning, but then increases to moderate at higher altitudes with a sufficiently thick snowpack. Spontaneous or occasional small to medium wet snow avalanches triggered by people are possible from undischarged steep terrain in all aspects. Only high alpine and on shady slopes could slab avalanches be triggered in very steep terrain, in some cases by low additional loads.

The snowpack can consolidate on the surface as a result of outgoing longwave radiation at night, and then breaks down at different rates during the day depending on the aspect and altitude, becomes soft and loses firmness again. Inside, it is wet up to high altitudes anyway, otherwise it is damp and therefore unstable and continues to degrade. Milder temperatures and frequent sunshine further destabilise the snowpack. Only on shady slopes can there still be isolated weak layers in the old snowpack. Low and progressively also sunny mid-altitude locations are bare.

On Saturday morning, high clouds may initially still affect the sunshine, but it will become increasingly sunny with good visibility. In the afternoon, a few cumulus clouds will form, partially impairing visibility. The wind will blow mainly weakly from different directions. The temperature at 1500 metres will be around 7 degrees, at 2000 metres around 4 degrees. On Sunday, clouds will predominate and rain and snow showers will pass through. The snowfall level will drop from around 2100 m to 1800 m during the day. The north-westerly wind will freshen up and bring a cooling, at 1500 m the temperature will drop from 8 to 4 degrees, at 2000 m from 4 to 1 degree.

Moderate avalanche danger due to rain and snow showers.