Tennen Mountains, Gosaukamm

Fresh, small snowdrift patches at high altitude

Fresh, small snowdrift patches at high altitude

Avalanche danger is low. Small avalanche prone locations exist in steep wind-loaded terrain, esp. on NW-SE facing slopes above 1800 m. The easily recognized snowdrift patches are prone to triggering and create a major risk of forcing a fall. Aside from that, there are few danger zones, most likely on extremely steep and shallow-snow slopes above 2200 m in eastern and northern aspecdts. Shallow-snow and extremely steep slopes, especially near ridgelines, should be assessed critically on-site, or even better, circumvented.

Above 1800-2000 m: 5-10 cm of new snow, in some places transported by brisk westerly winds. Bonding of the small, thin drifts to the frequently hardened, encrusted layers often on smooth ground becomes less favourable with ascending altitude. Beneath the melt-freeze crusts is a soft, faceted layer. At lower altitudes the snowpack is moist-to-wet and has at most a thin crust on the surface.

On Sunday morning visibility at high altitudes will be impaired by fog, but without much precipitation. Elsewhere visibility is generally adequate, although light conditions will be diffuse. Winds generally light. At 2000 m: -1 degree; at 3000 m: -8 degrees. On Monday, low lying residual clouds will disperse on the northern rim of the Alps, visibility will improve and the sun come out. Winds will be generally light from the south-to-east. At 2000m: -2 degrees; at 3000 m: -7 degrees.

No significant change is anticipated.