Totes Gebirge South

Moderate avalanche danger at high altitudes

Moderate avalanche danger at high altitudes

Avalanche danger above the treeline is moderate. Main problem: thin, fresh snowdrift accumulations. The few danger zones in backcountry touring terrain lie at summit level, behind discontinuities and on leeward slopes, esp. on E/S facing slopes. Isolated wet loose-snow avalanches and glide-snow avalanches are possible. Caution: acute danger of falling on hard and icy surfaces.

The fresh snow and fresh snowdrifts lie deposited atop surface hoar or a hard layer, bonding is inadequate. The snowpack surface is hard and icy. At intermediate altiudes it is moist-to-wet. On shady steep slopes at high altitudes the expansive metamorphosis weakens the fundament.

On Thursday morning, many peaks of the Northern Alps will be shrouded in heavy cloud, visibility will be reduced. In the rimline ranges, sunshine initially, later turning overcast. At midday from the north, snowfall will set in, become heavy in the afternoon, snowfall level dropping from 1500 m down to 1000 m by evening. As a result of the precipitation, the NW winds will intensify in the north to storm-strength. In the NE regions, reaching 90 km/hr. At 2000 m: -2 degrees, later dropping further.

In the northern and western regions of Upper Styria, clouds will persist, in the Dachstein region light snowfall is possible above 1200 m, elsewhere sunshine and dry. The W/NW winds will be brisk to strong. Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly.