Middle Lys Valley

The wind slabs represent the main danger. These places are covered with new snow and are therefore barely recognisable.

The wind slabs represent the main danger. These places are covered with new snow and are therefore barely recognisable.

The new snow and wind slabs are lying on a crust in all aspects. The wind slabs can be released in isolated cases at their margins. Especially transitions into gullies and bowls transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack, especially on very steep slopes. They are covered with new snow and therefore difficult to recognise.

5 to 15 cm of snow has fallen since Friday above approximately 2000 m. Over a wide area new snow and wind slabs are lying on a hard crust. Snow depths vary greatly at high altitude, depending on the infuence of the wind. In some cases the wind slabs have bonded poorly with the old snowpack. Especially on steep sunny slopes only a little snow is lying. Also adjacent to ridgelines hardly any snow is lying. In its middle, the snowpack is fairly homogeneous and its surface consists of loosely bonded snow lying on a crust that is strong in many cases. This applies below approximately 2600 m. 2 to 10 cm of snow will fall until Wednesday above approximately 1500 m.

In some localities a little new snow: The avalanche danger will persist.