Mürzsteg Alps

Fresh danger spots located in northern to eastern steep slopes in high altitudes.

Fresh danger spots located in northern to eastern steep slopes in high altitudes.

Low avalanche danger. Danger spots are located in northern to eastern steep slopes, snowdirft is prone to triggering and small slab avalanches can be triggered by small additional loads. Danger spots are partially covered by new snow. Danger of falling is higher than the danger of being buried.

The snow base can settle and is mostly stable. In higher altitudes, especially north and east, thin snowdrift deposits are partially on top of soft layers, partially on top of a hard and icy old snow cover. Above that a thin powder-like new snow layer is found. In general the snow cover is distributed unevenly and wet in medium altitudes. Blown-off areas are often hard and icy.

A high low pressure system above Poland is about to weaken, but in the lower levels is still wet and unstable layered cool air masses. Saturday will be dominated by low altitude clouds which can cause some snofall. The snowline ist between 600 and 1.200 m. In the afternoon the cluds can clear up. Weak northern winds. Temperatures at noon are around -7degrees in 2.000 m and around -2 degrees in 1.500m. Saturday night it will clear up and in the morning it will be sunny. The whole next week will be dominated by high pressure, increasing temperatures and sunny weather.

Saturday will be very cloudy with little amount of snowfall and poor visibility. The snowdrift danger will be decreasing. No significant change of the avalanche danger