Border Graie Alps

Fresh wind slabs require caution. In addition the danger of dry and wet avalanches will increase as the day progresses.

Fresh wind slabs require caution. In addition the danger of dry and wet avalanches will increase as the day progresses.

The surface of the snowpack will only just freeze and will already soften in the late morning. The fresh snow and in particular the sometimes deep wind slabs can be released by a single winter sport participant and generally at intermediate and high altitudes. These are to be found especially in gullies and bowls, and behind abrupt changes in the terrain. In particular in the regions with a lot of snow more medium-sized and large moist and wet avalanches are possible as a consequence of warming. The wind slabs of the weekend will become increasingly prone to triggering in particular on steep sunny slopes.

In some places new snow and wind slabs are lying on the smooth surface of an old snowpack. This applies in particular at intermediate and high altitudes and along the border with Switzerland. In some cases the wind slabs have bonded poorly with the old snowpack. Sunny slopes: As a consequence of rising temperatures and solar radiation a crust formed on the surface. The new snow of the weekend has settled to a large extent in particular on steep sunny slopes.

The meteorological conditions will facilitate a slow strengthening of the snowpack.