Rätikon West

At high altitudes, caution urged towards small drifts. Slightly rising danger due to higher temperatures.

At high altitudes, caution urged towards small drifts. Slightly rising danger due to higher temperatures.

Avalanche danger is low. Isolated triggerings are possible in extremely steep terrain. In high-altittude pass and ridgeline zones, small-area fresh drifts require attentiveness. They are occasionally prone to triggering. The danger of being swept along and forced to take a fall outweighs that of being buried in snow masses. In the Silvretta region, more deeply embedded layers inside the snowpack in rarely-skied terrain on steep shady slopes can in isolated cases be triggered by large additional loading. As temperatures rise and solar radiation makes itself felt, slides and small wet-snow avalanches and also more frequent small-to-medium glide-snow avalanches are possible. Caution urged below glide cracks.

The below-average snowpack is well consolidated by and large. In high altitude pass and rigeline zones, small fresh, often trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations require attentiveness, esp. on steep shady slopes these drifts have been deposited. More deeply embedded layers of the snowpack can be triggered in isolated cases above 2400m by large additional loading, esp. in the Silvretta region. On sunny slopes the most recent snowfall is already moist and is forming a melt-freeze crust. During the daytime hours, this crust softens up again.

Friday will be predominantly sunny, high-altitude clouds will generate diffuse light conditions. Mild for this juncture of the season. The zero-degree level will rise to nearly 3000m. At 2000m: +4 degrees. Light to moderate southerly winds at high altitude.

Avalanche danger levels not expected to change significantly