Middle Lys Valley

The snow sport conditions outside marked and open pistes remain quite favourable. In the evening as a consequence of new snow and strong wind there will be an increase in the avalanche danger.

The snow sport conditions outside marked and open pistes remain quite favourable. In the evening as a consequence of new snow and strong wind there will be an increase in the avalanche danger.

Very isolated avalanche prone locations are to be found on extremely steep northwest, north and northeast facing slopes in high Alpine regions. Avalanches can be released in the old snowpack by large loads. There is a danger of falling on the hard snow surface, in particular on very steep sunny slopes. New snow in the evening. 15 to 30 cm of snow, and up to 40 cm in some localities, will fall until Monday above approximately 1500 m. The maximum amounts of fresh snow will be reached in the areas bordering Piedmont. The wind will be moderate to strong. The prevalence of the avalanche prone locations will increase during the course of the night.

Sunny slopes: The surface of the snowpack has frozen to form a strong crust and will hardly soften at all. In shady places that are protected from the wind: Towards its surface, the snowpack is dry and has a loosely bonded surface. In all aspects only a small amount of snow is lying for the time of year. On sunny slopes below approximately 2800 m hardly any snow is lying.

During the course of the night as a consequence of new snow and strong wind there will be an increase in the avalanche danger.