Blüemlisalp

Snowpack

The new snow and snowdrifts of the past week are covering a faceted, weak old snowpack at high altitude, especially on western, northern and eastern slopes:

• Especially north of the Rhône-Rhine line, the covering layer is often thick, . Avalanches triggered by people are only possible in isolated cases at transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack and in places with little snow. However, avalanches can become large.
• Avalanches are still possible in weak layers near the ground, particularly in southern Valais and in a strip from northern Ticino through northern and central Grisons to the Lower Engadine. Here, medium and sometimes large avalanches have repeatedly been triggered in recent days.
• South of this, along the Main Alpine Ridge in Grisons, in the Upper Engadine and in central Ticino, there is still little snow. Here, where somewhat older snowdrift accumulations are lying on the thin, mostly completely faceted and loose snowpack, avalanches are possible in isolated cases.

Weather forecast to Saturday

It will be sunny in the mountains.

Fresh snow

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Temperature

At midday at 2000 m, +6 °C.

Wind

Winds will be mostly light.

Weather review for Friday

It was sunny in the mountains.

Fresh snow

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Temperature

At midday at 2000 m, around +6 °C.

Wind

Weak to moderate easterly wind.

Outlook

It will be sunny and mild in the mountains on Sunday and Monday. The zero-degree level will be just under 3000 m. There will be light winds.

The danger of dry avalanches will slowly decrease. Particularly in southern Valais and in Grisons, avalanches can still be released in the weak old snowpack and become large. Small and medium-sized gliding avalanches are still possible on sunny steep slopes.