Nock Mountains

Little snow in the terrain

Little snow in the terrain

The avalanche risk is low, there are hardly any danger spots in the terrain. Small snow slabs are most likely to be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts in very and extremely steep, shaded terrain. The risk of injury and entrainment exceeds the risk of burial.

A few centimetres of fresh snow cover some of the older drift snow lenses and surface hoar frost. In places, the drift snow lies on an unfavourably built-up layer of old snow with soft layers of angular crystals, which are still prone to disruption in places. Overall, there is still little snow in the terrain.

During the night, denser patches of cloud will repeatedly pass through, with only a few clouds in between. On Sunday, the sun will shine for longer periods, but the clouds will thicken towards the evening. Apart from exposed locations in the high mountains, the wind will blow only weakly from south-west to west. At 2000 metres it will be around -1 degrees, at 3000 metres around -7 degrees. A warm front will pass through on Monday night. It will rain and snow from dense clouds, with the snow line rising rapidly to 2000 metres.

There is little snow in the terrain. The arrival of a warm front and the rise in the snow line therefore have little influence on the avalanche risk.