Lechquellen Mountains

Lots of fresh snow at high altitudes

Sunday will be sunny and cold. The snowpack can consolidate only very slowly and will remain prone to triggering. Avalanche danger levels remain tense. Activities in outlying terrain require restraint and risk-conscious conduct.

Lots of fresh snow at high altitudes

Main problem: heavy snowfall. Above 1800m avalanche danger is considerable, at lower altitudes moderate. Danger zones occur on steep slopes in all aspects. Small-to-medium slab avalanches and loose-snow avalanches can be triggered by one sole person. Activities in outlying terrain require experience in assessing the terrain and avalanche dangers. In steep rocky terrain, also naturally triggered avalanches are possible. In areas where there is rain impact, wet-snow and glide-snow avalanche are possible on steep grassy slopes in all aspects and can reach medium size.

The fresh fallen snow (60-75 cm since Friday) will be deposited on soft layers or old snowdrifts at high altitudes. With increasing altitude they are blanketed by fresher snowfall and are prone to triggering. The fresh snow is often poorly bonded to the old snowpack surface or the newest layers inside the snowpack. Particularly on very steep shady slopes above 2200m the old snowpack from late autumn frequently has unfavourable intermediate layers. At lower altitudes the snowpack has been weakened by rain impact. There is currently little data available to the Avalanche Warning Service about the snowpack in various regions.