Bernina

Snowpack

With strong northwesterly winds at times, mostly small snowdrift accumulations have formed. On south-facing slopes, the surface of the snowpack became moist up to around 2500 m, where a crust froze during the night. Otherwise, the surface of the snowpack is characterised by the wind in many places and is usually hard or brittle. There are still isolated weak layers in the old snowpack near the surface above approximately 2500 m, but hardly any avalanches have been reported over the past few days. The bottom section of the snowpack is generally stable.

Individual gliding avalanches are still possible. This is mainly the case on east-, south- and west-facing slopes below approximately 2600 m and more rarely on north-facing slopes below around 2200 m. These avalanches may be large in regions with a lot of snow.

Weather forecast until Monday, 05.02.2024

After a clear night, it will be sunny and mild during the day.

New snow

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Temperature

At midday at 2000 m, between +6 °C in the west and south and +3 °C in the east.

Wind

• There will still be a strong northwesterly wind during the night, especially in the east.
• Otherwise, there will be a light to moderate westerly wind.

Weather review for Sunday, 04.02.2024

It was sunny and mild.

New snow

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Temperature

At midday at 2000 m, between +6 °C in the west and south and +3 °C in the east.

Wind

There was a moderate wind. There were strong northwesterly winds on the Main Alpine Ridge and partly also in the high Alpine regions.

Trend until Wednesday, 07.02.2024

Monday night into Tuesday will be clear, and it will be sunny during the day on Tuesday. Tuesday night into Wednesday will be partly clear. On Wednesday morning, it will be quite sunny at first, with clouds gathering from the west as the day progresses. There will be a light to moderate westerly wind.

The danger of dry avalanches will continue to decrease. Individual gliding avalanches are still possible.