North and center of Aran

Natural moist avalanches as the day progresses. Fresh wind slabs at high altitude.

Natural moist avalanches as the day progresses. Fresh wind slabs at high altitude.

As a consequence of warming during the day small and, in isolated cases, medium-sized moist loose snow avalanches are possible below approximately 2200 m. The new snow and wind slabs of the last two days remain for the foreseeable future prone to triggering on steep shady slopes above approximately 2000 m. As a consequence of a moderate to strong northwesterly wind, easily released wind slabs formed in particular adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls as well as at elevated altitudes. They are mostly small but prone to triggering. In addition an appreciable danger of gliding avalanches exists. Backcountry touring calls for defensive route selection.

Over a wide area 20 to 40 cm of snow, and even more in some localities, has fallen since Saturday above approximately 2000 m. The northwesterly wind has transported the new snow significantly. The surface of the snowpack is hardly frozen at all and will already soften in the late morning. The new snow of last week has bonded in all aspects. 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.

In some localities increase in danger of moist avalanches as a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation.