Západné Tatry

Watch out for avalanches from warming and windblown slabs.

Watch out for avalanches from warming and windblown slabs.

After warming, rain and subsequent slight cooling at night, the snow profile stabilized fairly well up to 1800m above sea level. Above this level, the most serious problem is wind blown snow, where up to 10 cm of new snow has fallen in the last period. This can be wind-blown in the form of snow slabs and pillows on top of older, harder ground, which may not be well bonded. Avalanches are a risk, especially with high additional loads.

The snow surface on the southern orientations is mainly wind-beaten slabs, which have gradually stabilised due to settling and warming. On the other hand, in the northern orientations, warming and rain up to 2000 m a.s.l. have created a crust on the surface. Locally, a very hard to icy surface may alternate with a breaking crust. At the highest altitudes of the Tatra Mountains there is dry snow, locally rolled into snow slabs and pillows.

Due to warming and rain rising