Graie Alps

This is the final hazard map for the winter 2023/24. The conditions are spring-like.

This is the final hazard map for the winter 2023/24. The conditions are spring-like.

The Avalanche Warning Service currently has only a small amount of information that has been collected in the high Alpine regions, so that the avalanche danger should be investigated especially thoroughly in the relevant locality. A clear night will be followed in the early morning by favourable conditions generally, but the danger of wet and gliding avalanches will increase later. In all regions small and medium-sized moist and wet avalanches are possible as a consequence of warming. Backcountry tours should be started very early and concluded timely.

In some localities 15 to 30 cm of snow, and even more in some localities, has fallen since Tuesday above approximately 2600 m. Up to 2600 m rain has fallen in some localities. Outgoing longwave radiation during the night will be quite good over a wide area. The surface of the snowpack will freeze to form a strong crust and will soften during the day. The solar radiation will give rise as the day progresses to increasing softening of the snowpack. Above approximately 2200 m a lot of snow is lying for the time of year.

Regular avalanche bulletins with hazard maps will appear again from around the start of December, depending on the snow situation.