Lower Tauern North

Favourable situation, few danger zones

Favourable situation, few danger zones

Avalanche danger continues to be low. There are very few potential avalanche prone locations where large additional loading can invariably trigger a slab from the persistent weak layer, most likely on extremely steep slopes with relatively shallow-snow above about 2200 m in E/N aspects. Shallow-snow and extremely steep slopes near ridgelines should be circumvented. The danger of taking a fall on the thin layer of fresh snow (only a few centimetres) outweighs the danger of triggering an avalanche.

There is 0-5 cm of new snow deposited atop a thin melt-freeze crust under which a soft layer lurks. For later, this will be an unfavourable layer, but it is currently not relevant. Up to 2200 m there is a melt-freeze crust. A potential trigger-sensitive layer of faceted and soft snow is evident starting at 2000/2200m in E/N aspects. This weak layer is currently not easily triggered or, if so, only over small spaces and is not area-wide.

On Tuesday, sunshine from early until late, cloudless skies. At 2000 m: -8 to -4 degrees; at 3000 m: -9 degrees. Little wind (or none at all). On Wednesday, once again lots of sunshine. During the course of the day, high-altitude cloudbanks will move in but not impede visibility much. Light winds. At 2000 m: -5 to -3 degrees; at 3000 m: -9 or -8 degrees.

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