Obersaxen - Safiental

Snowpack

With snowfall and light to moderate winds, snowdrifts will form, particularly adjacent to ridgelines and in pass areas on the northern flank of the Alps and in the westernmost part of the Lower Valais. These are deposited especially on shady slopes that are protected from the wind on a loose, partially transformed surface of the snowpack. Apart from that, the snowpack, which is still thin in many places, is mostly favourable.

Above 2800 m, where there was already a cohesive old snowpack before the precipitation in the second half of November, there are some weak layers of faceted crystals on northern slopes. Isolated avalanches may be triggered in these places at ground level in the old snowpack.

Weather forecast until Tuesday, 3.12.2024

There will be widespread precipitation in the north and west during the night to Tuesday. The snowfall level will drop from 1800 m to 1200 m by the early morning. During the day it will be very cloudy in the north. Some snow may still fall on the northern flank of the Alps, in northern and central Grisons and in Engadine. In the south it will be sunny and dry with a generally northerly wind.

Fresh snow

Between Monday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon above 1800 m:

• northern flank of the Alps, extreme west of Lower Valais: 15 to 30 cm
• Northern Valais, other regions of Lower Valais, northern Grisons: 5 to 15 cm; otherwise less or dry

Temperature

At midday at 2000 m, between -5 °C in the north and 0 °C in the south.

Wind

Turning from west to north, moderate during the night at high altitudes, otherwise mostly weak

Weather review for Monday, 2.12.2024

During the course of the night, dense clouds gathered from the west. During the day it was quite sunny in Grisons and the south, otherwise cloudy. In the afternoon, precipitation set in in the far west. The snowfall level was around 1800 m.

Fresh snow

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Temperature

At midday at 2000 m between +2 °C in the northwest and +5 °C in the south

Wind

Moderate at times at high altitudes, otherwise mostly weak, turning from northwest to southwest

Outlook until Thursday, 5.12.2024

On the northern flank of the Alps, it will be mostly cloudy on Wednesday and partly sunny on Thursday. Isolated snow showers are possible on Wednesday. It will be quite sunny in the inneralpine regions and in the south on both days. On Thursday, high clouds will gather from the west.

Avalanche danger will decrease.