Nock Mountains

Fresh wind slab prone to triggering

Fresh wind slab prone to triggering

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line. Fresh wind slabs can be triggered as small or medium-sized slabs in all aspects, even under low loads. Avalanche prone locations are mainly in gullies, bowls and behind terrain edges, also distant from ridgelines. Take particular care on very steep western, northern and eastern slopes above around 2000 metres. Transitions from little to more snow are particularly unfavourable.

The snow surface is characterised by the north-westerly storm of the last few days and the storm is also depositing fresh wind slab. It covers an unfavourable old snow surface above the tree line. Fractures are possible between the drift snow layers and at the transition to the persistent weak layer. The old snowpack is particularly weakened on western, northern and eastern slopes above around 2000 metres by layers of faceted crystals and deep frost as well as by a foundation of floating snow close to the ground.

Snow showers will hardly reach Lungau and will bring a few centimetres of new fallen snow at most. Tomorrow, Tuesday, the mountains will often be covered in clouds, but it may clear up a little in the afternoon. Strong to stormy north-westerly winds will continue. Temperatures at 2000 metres around -9 degrees.

Weakening snowfall and wind lead to a slow improvement.