Hochschwab Mountains

Moderate avalanche danger in high altitudes - snowdrift is prone to triggering

Moderate avalanche danger in high altitudes - snowdrift is prone to triggering

Avalanche danger above 1.809 m is moderate. Danger spots are located in very steep entries, gullies and behind ridgelines in the expositions north to east. There slab avalanches can be triggered by small additional loads cannot be ruled out.

The snow base can settle and is mostly stable. Only in high altitudes the surface is still powder-like in some places. The new snowdrift is partially placed on top of soft layers, partially on top of a hard, icy old snow cover and is not sufficiently bonding. In general the snow cover is distributed unevenly and wet in medium altitudes. Blown-off areas are often hard and icy.

Friday morning will be partially sunny in upper Styria but in general Friday will be very cloudy. Little to moderate snowfall is called. In the border area to Carinthia the amount of snowfall will be the most (10 cm new snow). Weak westerly to northern winds. Temperatures at noon are around -8 degrees in 2.000 m.

Saturday will be very cloudy with little amount of snowfall and poor visibility. The snowdrift danger will be decreasing. No significant change of the avalanche danger.