Nock Mountains

Assess with caution the fresh snowdrift accumulations

Residual clouds in the Northern Alps will disperse in the morning, elsewhere there will be sunshine and good visibility. Winds light. At 2000m: between -9 and -3 degrees; at 3000m: -7 degrees.

No significant change in danger levels anticipated

Assess with caution the fresh snowdrift accumulations

Avalanche danger above 1800m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Freshly generated snowdrift accumulations can in some places be triggered by one sole skier as a slab avalanche. Releases tend to be small-sized. Danger zones occur esp. near ridgelines, behind protruberances in the landscape and in gullies and bowls, usually they are easy to recognize. On very steep shady slopes, weak layers can fracture and be swept along. Caution urged esp. at entry points into very steep gullies and little skied-on north-facing slopes. On extremely steep slopes, small loose-snow avalanches can be expected. Isolated small naturally triggered glide-snow avalanches are possible.

The fresh fallen snow (10-20cm) was transported by northerly winds. On shady slopes above 1800-2000m snowdrifts accumulates atop an often loosely-packed surface. In places the surface hoar was blanketed. The old snowpack fundament on steep shady slopes at high altitudes is expansively metamorphosed. On shady wind-protected slopes there is still loose, dry snow to be found. Little snow on the ground on sunny slopes.