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Low avalanche danger, but avoid fresh pillows of wind drifted snow!

Low avalanche danger, but avoid fresh pillows of wind drifted snow!

The avalanche danger is assessed as "low". Nevertheless, isolated pillows of wind drifted snow can be triggered as small slab avalanches.

Avalanche prone locations are mainly found in gullies, bowls and behind terrain edges down to forest aisles.

As temperatures rise during the day, wet and gliding sluffs are also possible on slopes exposed to the sun.

There were repeated snowfalls on the Hochwechsel and in the Bucklige Welt in the last week in conjunction with mostly strong to stormy winds. The new fallen snow was transported intensively and deposited as wind slab, especially in forest aisles and at higher altitudes.

Where there is an old snowpack, the drift snow packs are deposited on it and can slide off. In addition, fractures within the drift snow layers are also possible in isolated cases.

The evening and night will be mostly cloudy, but there will be hardly any snowflakes. On Good Friday, the mountain weather improves temporarily, residual clouds and the last showers move away and mostly sunny weather sets in during the morning. The temperature at an altitude of 1500 metres will be between -2 and 2 degrees. Stormy winds with gusts of around 70 km/h from the north-west.

The avalanche danger will remain the same for the time being. However, the avalanche situation is expected to change as temperatures rise towards the weekend. On Saturday, a weak disturbance will once again bring thick clouds and light precipitation. Easter Sunday will bring mostly sunny and very mild weather.