Weisseck, Muhr Valley

Fresh snowdrifts demand route selection restraint

Fresh snowdrifts demand route selection restraint

Avalanche danger is considerable above 1900m, below that altitude danger is low. Medium-sized slab avalanches can be triggered by one sole skier in a few steep spots. The difficult-to-recognize (blanketed) danger zones lie on NW/N/E facing slopes, often distant from ridgelines. Caution urged esp. at entry points into very steep gullies and bowls. During the course of the day, naturally triggered loose-snow avalanches can be expected in extremely steep south-facing terrain. On steep grass-covered slopes, isolated small glide-snow avalanches are possible in isolated cases.

Up to 30-45cm of fresh, cold snow was registered since Wednesday, locally more. During the course of the day, 10cm of fresh snowfall is anticipated. Transported fresh snow will be deposited on shady slopes atop soft layers. The below-average old snowpack is expansively metamorphosed at high and high-alpine altitudes. Weak layers in the uppermost part of the snowpack can be triggered. On sunny slopes, melting forms dominate in the old snowpack.

On Sunday clouds will remain dense, a few snow showers are possible, limited visibility. Over large valles in Pinzgau and Pongau, bright intervals are possible. In afternoon north of the Tennengebirge, snowfall will set in, later on extending to the south. Along the Main Alpine Ridge, rainfall initially possible up to 1800m, the snowfall level subsequently dropping to 1000m. Winds mostly light from the north. at high altitudes in the Tauern also from the south. At 2000m: -4 to -2 degrees; at 3000m: -7 degrees.

Fresh trigger-sensitive snowdrifts will be generated