Mürzsteg Alps

Only isolated danger spots due to snowdrift in shady areas.

The avalanche danger is low. In some danger spots slab avalanches can be triggered by small additional loads. These are in general small. Danger spots are located in in shady slopes and steep areas adjacent to ridgelines, in high-altitude entries into gullies and bowls and behind terrain edges. In case of triggered avalanches risk of injuries is more likely than risk of being buried.

The winter so far-which was cold and without lots of snow- reflects the composition of the snowcover. The snow base is formed by a succession of crusts in which weak layers and faceted snow is found. In shady slopes small amounts of older snowdrift and now with the south wind blown-in snow. On sunny slopes the snow cover got soft but will get cooler during the night.

In the front of a low pressure system from the western Mediterranean moist air masses are lead against the eastern Alps. The first half of the night is clear from midnight on it gets cloudy to overcast. From Monday on high clouds are dominating but it stays predominantly dry. Winds coming generally from the south are brisk in the beginning of the day but weaken during the course of the day. Temperatures at noon are around 0 degrees in 2.000 m and +3 degrees in 1.500 m. In Tuesday the clouds are dense and it cools down. In the afternoon little snowfall is possible from Tauernhauptkamm on in direction south.

No significant changes.