Cervinia and Upper Valpelline Valley

Fresh wind slabs require caution. Weak layers in the old snowpack necessitate defensive route selection.

The weather will be sunny. The wind will be strong. The wind slabs remain prone to triggering.

Fresh wind slabs require caution. Weak layers in the old snowpack necessitate defensive route selection.

As a consequence of a strong wind from northerly directions, further wind slabs formed in gullies and bowls and behind abrupt changes in the terrain. The clearly visible wind slabs can be released by a single winter sport participant. Caution is to be exercised at their margins in particular. In particular along the border with Switzerland the avalanche prone locations are more widespread. Dry avalanches can additionally in some places be released in the weakly bonded old snow on very steep shady slopes. Such avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular in little used terrain and in places that are protected from the wind.

Some small and medium-sized dry slab avalanches have been released by people since Saturday, 26 December. Since Tuesday the wind has been strong in particular along the border with Switzerland. The new snow and wind slabs of last week are lying on top of a weakly bonded old snowpack in particular on shady slopes. Large-grained weak layers exist in the old snowpack here. At intermediate and high altitudes snow depths vary greatly, depending on the infuence of the wind. The numerous rocks hidden by the recent snow are the main danger.