Lechquellen Mountains

Isolated avalanche prone locations occur in persistent weak layer of old snow.

Isolated avalanche prone locations occur in persistent weak layer of old snow.

In very isolated cases avalanches can be triggered in persistent weak layers on very steep shady slopes in high alpine regions. These releases are mostly small-sized. The risks of falling and sustaining injuries outweigh those of being buried in snow masses. At very high altitudes over minor areas, freshly generated but small-sized snowdrift accumulations require attentiveness.

In some places traces of fresh fallen snow blanket a superficially melt-freeze encrusted, mostly hardened old snowpack surface, which softens up slightly during the daytime hours, particularly on sunny slopes. At high altitudes, small-sized snowdrift accumulations occur from place to place. On shady slopes in high alpine regions, isolated weak layers occur inside the snowpack. South-facing slopes are bare of snow up to high altitudes. Only limited information from outlying terrain is currently available to the Avalanche Warning Services.

Above the high fog it is brilliantly sunny, with cloudless skies and mild temperatures for this juncture of the season. Temperatures at 2000m: -2 to +6 degrees, at 3000m: -7 to 0 degrees. Light to moderate-velocity easterly winds, shifting to northeasterly in the evening.

Avalanche danger expected to remain low