Lechtal Alps East

A generally favourable avalanche situation will prevail.

A generally favourable avalanche situation will prevail.

Weak layers in the old snowpack can still be released in very isolated cases by winter sport participants in particular in little used terrain. Such avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular on extremely steep shady slopes at high altitude. Caution is to be exercised in areas where the snow cover is rather shallow, as well as at transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack, when entering gullies and bowls for example. The avalanche prone locations are barely recognisable, even to the trained eye. The avalanches are medium-sized. On grassy slopes individual small to medium-sized gliding avalanches are possible. This applies on sunny slopes below approximately 2400 m. In addition the fresh wind slabs of the last two days in the regions that are exposed to the foehn wind, in the Karwendel Mountains are prone to triggering in some locations, especially on near-ridge shady slopes at elevated altitudes.

In very isolated cases weak layers exist in the bottom section of the snowpack especially on shady slopes, in particular between approximately 2000 and 2400 m. The southerly wind has transported only a little snow. As a consequence of mild temperatures and solar radiation a crust formed on the surface during the last few days, especially on steep sunny slopes below approximately 2800 m. The snowpack will be soft on wind-protected shady slopes.

A generally favourable avalanche situation will prevail.