Graie Alps

Loose snow slides require caution. Backcountry tours should be started and concluded early.

Loose snow slides require caution. Backcountry tours should be started and concluded early.

The new snow of the last few days can be released by a single winter sport participant in some cases. This applies in particular in the regions exposed to heavier precipitation on very steep slopes at high altitudes and in high Alpine regions. Apart from the danger of being buried, restraint should be exercised in particular in view of the danger of avalanches sweeping people along and giving rise to falls. As a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation more moist loose snow avalanches are possible, even medium-sized ones. This applies in particular at the base of rock walls, as well as in extremely steep terrain above approximately 2600 m. The Avalanche Warning Service currently has only a small amount of information that has been collected in the high Alpine regions, so that the avalanche danger should be investigated especially thoroughly in the relevant locality. This is the final hazard map for the winter 2024/25. Regular avalanche bulletins with hazard maps will appear again from around the start of December, depending on the snow situation. In the summer and autumn, the avalanche bulletins appear in text format.

The surface of the snowpack has frozen to form a strong crust only at high altitudes and will soften quickly. High altitudes: In its middle, the snowpack is moist and its surface consists of loosely bonded snow lying on a melt-freeze crust. In particular sunny slopes and southeast facing slopes: The snowpack is wet and its surface has a melt-freeze crust. Below approximately 1800 m hardly any snow is lying.