Pongau Grass Mountains

Low risk of isolated wet snow avalanches

Low risk of isolated wet snow avalanches

The avalanche risk is low. In the entrance areas of steep gullies on the shady slopes, small snow slabs can still be triggered in exceptional cases with a large additional load. The risk of being swept away and falling on icy surfaces that may be thinly covered with snow and therefore difficult to recognise generally outweighs the risk of burial.

It snows unproductively during the night. Low and sunny mid-altitude areas are snowed out. Where present, the snowpack is moist to wet and well-set right up to the summit areas. Due to the many clouds, the snow surface can hardly outgoing longwave radiation overnight, no stable melt-freeze crust forms. In the higher areas on shady slopes, there are still weak layers of large faceted crystals in the lower part of the snowpack, especially near the ground.

Thick clouds will prevail during the night and on Monday morning and it may snow here and there. The clouds will then soften and the sun may appear around lunchtime. In the course of the afternoon, dense clouds and a few snow showers will return with a freshening north-westerly wind. The temperature at 2000 metres will be -6 to -3 degrees, although it will cool down in the afternoon. The north-westerly wind will reach speeds of around 50 km/h in open areas.

With some snowfall and wind, small-scale avalanche prone locations will develop in the night to Tuesday due to fresh wind slab and the avalanche risk will increase slightly.