Nock Mountains

Rare release points and risk of injury from stones.

Rare release points and risk of injury from stones.

The avalanche risk is low, but injuries from stones and falling remain the main dangers. Some wind slab has accumulated on a small scale. This is easily recognisable and can only be disturbed by individuals in isolated cases. In gullies and bowls adjacent to the ridgeline, crests or summits in shady slopes, there are isolated trigger points in persistent weak layers that are difficult to disturb.

There is a below-average amount of snow and the snow cover, snowpack is highly variable in the interior. In shady slopes at high altitudes, weak layers of faceted crystals are occasionally preserved in the snow cover, mostly in the vicinity of crusts. The fracture propagation potential is generally low due to the overall highly structured snow cover, snowpack.

The sun may still be out at the start of the day on Friday, but visibility will increasingly deteriorate from the north. A few centimetres of snow may fall with light snow showers during the daytime changes. Short gaps of cloud may form from time to time. The wind will blow briskly from the west on the mountains at around 70 km/h at times. Temperatures will drop again, reaching around -8 degrees at 2000 metres.

The avalanche danger remains low on Saturday.