Cornices
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Very Likely
- Dimensione
- 2–3.5
Cornices are large, looming and will likely trigger very large persistent slab avalanches when they fail.
⚠️ Avoid All avalanche terrain ⚠️Soaring freezing levels and solar radiation will result in a widespread natural avalanche cycle on Sunday.
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Cornices are large, looming and will likely trigger very large persistent slab avalanches when they fail.
A crust with weak facets overtop is down 80 to 150 cm. Very large natural and human triggered avalanches occurring on this layer are very likely on Sunday.
If triggered loose wet avalanches may step down to deeper layers, resulting in very large avalanches.
Numerous naturally triggered wet loose and persistent slab avalanches up to size 3(very large) were reported on all aspects at treeline and above on Friday.
Very large, natural avalanches are expected to continue to occur on Sunday.
High freezing levels overnight will result in no overnight re-freeze of the snow surface. As a result, the avalanche danger will rise rapidly throughout the day.
Cornices are currently large and looming, and will become more unstable during periods of warming. See photo below.
80-150 cm below the snow surface, a widespread crust with weak facets overtop remains a concern for human triggering.
Saturday Night
Clear skies. 10 km/h north ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 5 °C. Freezing level 2600 m.
Sunday
Sunny. 10 to 20 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 10 °C. Freezing level 3500 m.
Monday
Sunny. 20 to 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 8 °C. Freezing level 3000 m.
Tuesday
Sunny. 20 to 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 7 °C. Freezing level 2700 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.