Bulletin d’avalanche

Caution: weak layers in the old snowpack

Caution: weak layers in the old snowpack

Weak layers in the old snowpack can in isolated cases on shady slopes be triggered even by one sole skier. Caution urged esp. in transitions into gullies and bowls above 1800m and at the foot of rocky cliffs and behind protruberances in the landscape. Avalanches are mostly small-sized. Apart from the risks of being buried in snow masses, the dangers of being swept along and forced to take a fall need to be taken into condideration.

Olderr snowdrift accumulations blanket a weak old snowpack, esp. on wind-protected shady sloppes. The snowpack will expansively metamorphose during the nocturnal hours. The snowpack is highly diverse even over small areas. Below 1600m very little snow on the ground.

Intermittently dense clouds moving in during the afternoon from the south, occasional bright spells possible, mostly dry. Southerly winds will be moderate-strength, stronger only in summmit zones. At 3000m: -7 degrees; at 2000m: -1 degree. Source: GeoSphere Austria

No change expected in avalanche danger levels