Villach Alps

Favorable avalanche situation

Favorable avalanche situation

Quite favorable avalanche conditions prevail in general. Due to solar radiation, isolated moist avalanches can be expected during the course of the day, esp. on extremely steep sunny slopes. On hardened surfaces, acute danger of falls.

Partially clear skies at night, the snowpack will freeze and form a crust capable of bearing loads, then softening during the day, esp. on sunny slopes. The old snowpack is moist, esp. on sunny slopes at all altitudes and on shady slopes below 2100m. Below 1600m there is hardly any snow on the ground.

Following a sunny launch to the day, clouds will rapidly move in from the north on Tuesday, sunshine will be diffuse or limited. Higher summmits could disappear in fog, but it will remain dry of precipitation, with more sunshine appearing later in the day. Moderate northerly winds, strong gusts reaching 50 km/hr. Temperatures rising slightly from the west. At 3000m: -11 degrees; at 2000m: -3 degrees; at 1000m: +8 degrees. Source: GeoSource Austria

Little change in avalanche danger levels anticipated