Pongau Grass Mountains

Small drift snow accumulations on weak old snowpack

Small drift snow accumulations on weak old snowpack

The avalanche risk is low. In the extended northern and eastern exposures above around 2200 m, small slab avalanches can still be triggered by individuals in a few places. Danger areas are located at the transition from little to more snow and generally next to blown-off areas. Some of the avalanche prone locations are thinly covered with snow and difficult to recognise. The risk of falling and injury generally outweighs the risk of burial.

A few centimetres of settled new fallen snow cover previously bare ground or a hard, sometimes icy surface of old snow. On shady slopes in particular, small snowdrift accumulations usually overlay a weak old snowpack consisting of an alternation of crusts and faceted crystals or deep rime. The outgoing longwave radiation at night is reduced.

During the course of the night and on Sunday, extensive and sometimes quite dense medium-high cloud fields will also move through above the high fog patches near the valley. The sun will have a hard time with partly limited visibility and will only break through the clouds occasionally and often in a very subdued manner. The wind will be weak at all altitudes. Temperatures at 2000 metres around -6 degrees, at 3000 metres around -12 degrees.

No significant change in avalanche danger.