Deferegger Alps East

A favourable avalanche situation will be encountered over a wide area. Fresh wind slabs require caution.

A favourable avalanche situation will be encountered over a wide area. Fresh wind slabs require caution.

The fresh wind slabs are mostly small and can only be released in isolated cases. Caution is to be exercised in particular on very steep shady slopes above approximately 2400 m, as well as adjacent to ridgelines in high Alpine regions. The wind slabs are clearly recognisable to the trained eye. Avalanches can in very isolated cases be released in the old snowpack, in particular by large additional loads. This applies in particular at transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack on very steep shady slopes at elevated altitudes. Such avalanche prone locations are difficult to recognise.

As a consequence of the occasionally strong wind, snow drift accumulations formed during the last few days. These have bonded quite well with the old snowpack. The old snowpack will be in most cases favourable. In very isolated cases weak layers exist in the centre of the snowpack, especially in little used terrain on very steep shady slopes. Only a small amount of snow is lying for the time of year.

A generally favourable avalanche situation will prevail.