Krivánska Malá Fatra

Watch out for unstable snow slabs and cushions formed by the wind.

Watch out for unstable snow slabs and cushions formed by the wind.

In Malá Fatra a moderate avalanche danger is declared above the forest zone in the morning, 2nd degree, in the afternoon, INCREASED, 3rd degree. Due to snowfall and strong winds, snow slabs and pillows are expected to form, which will be wound on older, mostly wind-blown surfaces. The new snow will not be able to sufficiently bind with the substrate. It will be possible to release the avalanche with only a small additional load. Occasionally, smaller or medium-sized spontaneous avalanches may occur in places where the wind has blown large amounts of snow, even more than 50 cm.

Snow is expected throughout the day with very strong winds (above 20 m/s). The snow cover will therefore change rapidly and intensively. There will be alternating places where large amounts of snow (even more than 50 cm) will be piled up with places that will be blown into older hard ground, grass and rocks. Most of the snow is expected to be blown into the forest and slash belt. Due to the very cold air, this snow will not be able to bind with the base, which is made up of older snow or wind-blown slabs. Therefore, under the new snow, even under the older layer, a soft, angular-grained snow forms, which is very difficult to detect in the terrain. More than 30 cm of new snow is expected during the day.

Due to wind, cold and snow rising.