Wölz Tauern South

Fresh snowdrifts at high altitudes

Fresh snowdrifts at high altitudes

Avalanche danger from Schladminger Tauern to Wölzer Tauern is considerable above the treeline, below that altitude danger level 2 prevails. The stormy easterly winds have loaded gullies and bowls in all aspects to the brim with drifts. Particular caution is urged behind abrupt disconuities in the terrain. The situation is atypical, since winds have loaded west-facing slopes. The drifts can be easily triggered by one sole skier.

The fresh snow from the most recent period of precipitation has settled. Easterly winds from recent days have done their work on the snowpack surface. Snowdrifts lie atop a soft, cold layer. Up to 1600 m the snowpack surface is moist. In both cases, bonding to the old snowpack is insufficient. On north-facing slopes the expansive metamorphosis weakens the snowpack layering.

Sunshine until after noon in the mountains, fog will only disturb in the rimline ranges (fog ceiling will be at 1200-1500 m). Towards evening, clouds and fog will increase from the north. Northerly winds will bring us cold air masses, temperatures will drop noticeably. At 2000 m in the morning: -5 degrees, in the evening -11 degrees.

Cold, windy weather in the mountains on Friday. Particularly in the Northern Alps, light intermittent snowfall. In the other region it will usually remain dry, a bit of sunshine is possible from Turrach to Koralpe. Winds: N/NW at 30-60 km/hr. At 2000 m: -11 degrees. The snowpack will continue to settle.