Nock Mountains

Heed: fresh snowdrifts

Heed: fresh snowdrifts

Avalanche danger above 2200 m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Fresh snowdrift accumulations can be triggered in some danger zones by 1 person, releases usually small. Danger of falling outweighs that of snow masses. Danger zones increase with ascending altitude, occur esp. behind discontinuities and in gullies and bowls on NW/N/E facing slopes. Drifts are not easy to recognize due to diffuse light, they can be covered as well. There is continuing latent danger of glide-snow avalanches, usually medium-sized, occasionally larger.

Snowdrifts lie atop soft layers on NW/E facing slopes. The snowpack is highly irregular due to heavy wind impact. At intermediate altitudes the snowpack has become moist repeated times and is very compact. Below 1400 m there is hardly any snow on the ground.

For Tuesday, windy and gray weather is forecast. Near the Lungau Nockberge, only rare and minor snowfall, snowfall level at 1000-1200 m. The W/NW winds will reach 80 km/hr at high altitudes. At 2000 m: -3 degrees.

Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly.