Lower Tauern North

Isolated glide-snow avalanches + some drifts

Isolated glide-snow avalanches + some drifts

Avalanche danger is low. Isolated small glide-snow avalanches can release on steep grass-covered slopes. Avoid zones below glide cracks. The fresh snowdrifts (near to and distant from ridges) are mostly hardened and difficult to trigger (esp. on extended N/E facing slopes). The thin patches can break and possible trigger a small slab above the treeline.

The surface is highly varied, wind-compressed or icy or powder. Crests and ridges are completely windblown. Settled powder is found in some shady terrain where neigher NW nor S winds have prevailed. The old snowpack base is stable and thoroughly wet up to intermediate altitudes. The warm ground leads to the entire snowpack gliding downhill over smooth ground.

Heavy clouds will pass through, create diffuse light conditions, but the peaks will mostly remain in the clear. The S/W winds will be light to moderate. At 2000 m: -4 to +2 degrees.

The snowfall on the weekend will blanket danger zones and can release on extremely steep slopes as a loose-snow avalanche.