Mürzsteg Alps

Only isolated danger spots due to snowdrift in shady areas.

The avalanche danger is low. In some danger spots slab avalanches can be triggered by small additional loads. These are in general small. Danger spots are located in in shady slopes and steep areas adjacent to ridgelines, in high-altitude entries into gullies and bowls and behind terrain edges. In case of triggered avalanches risk of injuries is more likely than risk of being buried.

The winter so far-which was cold and without lots of snow- reflects the composition of the snowcover. The snow base is formed by a succession of crusts in which weak layers and faceted snow is found. In shady slopes small amounts of older snowdrift and now with the south wind blown-in snow. On sunny slopes the snow cover has settled.

The high pressure system that has recently determined the weather is slowly weakening, and the upper air currents are turning to the southeast to the south, starting from a low pressure system over Sardinia. After a cloudless night, Sunday promises magnificent, cloudless mountain weather again. Brisk to strong-velocity winds along the eastern Northern Alps (Ennstal Alps via Hochschwab to Rax) in exposed areas, otherwise moderately from the south. The temperatures reach at noon +4 degrees at 2.000m and +6 degrees at 1.500m. It is only a little cooler from the Gurk and Seetal Alps to the Styrian foothills. On Monday, high clouds will move in from the southwest, and the probability of high fog will increase in the southeast. And it will cool down significantly again.

No significant changes.