Lower Tauern North

Only isolated danger zones

Only isolated danger zones

Avalanche danger is LOW. Isolated avalanche prone locations for a slab are found in extremely steep gullies. The risks of being swept along outweigh those of being buried in snow masses.. Glide-snow avalanches will remain small, due to the shallow snowpack.

5-10 cm of fresh snow blanked the shallow old snowpack, well settled due to the warmth. In high alpine regions, small fresh ridgeline snowdrifts were deposited by NW winds. The fundament is often expansively metamorphosed or has hoar embedded. The weak layers are not extensive, not easy to terigger. In isolated cases the entire snowpack glides over the ground on steep grassy slopes.

On Saturday the light snowfall will end, later on clouds will move in, sunshine is expected in the afternoon. In the Tauern the NW winds will reach 50 km/hr. At 2000 m; -11 degrees; at 3000 m; -14 degrees. On Sunday, top visibility, great sunshine, light winds from the south, rising temperatures. At 2000 m; 0 degrees; at 3000 m; -7 degrees.

On Sunday, small naturally triggered loose-snow avalanches are possible in sun-bathed rocky terrain. On sunny slopes the snow will become sticky up to intermediate altitude. All in all, little change is expected.