2025-01-03T16:00:00Z Avalanche.report 2025-01-03T16:00:00Z Avalanche.report 2025-01-03T16:00:00Z 2025-01-04T16:00:00Z Avalanche.report 2 1 DP6 DP1 drifting snow steady 2025-01-04T16:00:00Z 2025-01-05T16:00:00Z On Saturday morning, radiantly sunny weather will prevail with outstanding visibility and a few cirrus clouds at high altitudes. In the afternoon, dense clouds will move in from the west above summit level, partially hampering the sun, but it will remain dry with good visibility. Winds will be mostly light to moderate from the southwest. At 3000m: rising to -11 degrees; at 2000m: maximum -7 degrees. Evaluate fresh snowdrifts with caution. Attention: weak layers in the old snow. As a result of fresh snow and moderate-velocity winds from varying directions, mostly shallow snowdrift accumulations will be generated during the night in ridgeline zones, gullies and bowls above all else. These drifts can be easily triggered, especially on NW/N/NE facing slopes, or else glide away naturally. Avalanches can fracture down to more deeply embedded layers inside the snowpack and in isolated cases along the Salzburg border, reach medium size. Size and frequency of danger zones tend to increase with ascending altitude. Particularly along the Salzburg border, 5-10 cm of fresh snow was registered, locally more. The freshly generated snowdrift accumulations were deposited atop an unfavorable old snowpack surface, particularly on NW/N/SE facing slopes above 2400m. The old snowpack is expansively metamorphosed, full of faceted crystals. <br/> The snowpack is highly varied, even over small areas. There is too little snow o the ground at all altitudes for this juncture of the season. No significant change in avalanche danger levels anticipated 2025-01-03T16:00:00Z Avalanche.report 2025-01-03T16:00:00Z 2025-01-04T16:00:00Z Avalanche.report 2 1 DP6 DP1 drifting snow steady 2025-01-04T16:00:00Z 2025-01-05T16:00:00Z On Saturday morning, radiantly sunny weather will prevail with outstanding visibility and a few cirrus clouds at high altitudes. In the afternoon, dense clouds will move in from the west above summit level, partially hampering the sun, but it will remain dry with good visibility. Winds will be mostly light to moderate from the southwest. At 3000m: rising to -11 degrees; at 2000m: maximum -7 degrees. Evaluate snowdrift accumulations with caution As a result of fresh snow and moderate-velocity winds from varying directions, mostly shallow snowdrift accumulations were generated in ridgeline zones on Friday which are prone to triggering. These drifts can be easily triggered especially on NW/N/NE facing slopes above 1600m, or else glide away naturally. Releases will generally be small-sized. Particularly along the Slovenian border, 5-10 cm of fresh snowfall was registered, locally more. The fresh snowdrift accumulations from Friday were deposited atop an unfavorable old snowpack surface above 1600m, particularly on NW/N/NE facing slopes. The old snowpack is expansively metamorphosed, full of faceted crystals. <br/> The snowpack is highly varied, even over small areas. There is too little snow on the ground at all altitudes for this juncture of the season. Avalanche danger levels will diminish 2025-01-03T16:00:00Z Avalanche.report 2025-01-03T16:00:00Z 2025-01-04T16:00:00Z Avalanche.report 1 1 DP1 old snow steady 2025-01-04T16:00:00Z 2025-01-05T16:00:00Z On Saturday morning, radiantly sunny weather will prevail with outstanding visibility and a few cirrus clouds at high altitudes. In the afternoon, dense clouds will move in from the west above summit level, partially hampering the sun, but it will remain dry with good visibility. Winds will be mostly light to moderate from the southwest. At 2000m: maximum -7 degrees. Too little snow on the ground for winter sports widespread. Danger zones in gullies and bowls. The snowdrift accumulations on steep shady NE/N/NW facing slopes above 2000m can in isolated cases trigger an avalanche usually by large additional loading. Particularly unfavorable are gullies and bowls where hardened layers blanket weakly consolidated old snow. These danger zones occur rather seldom, and are generally small-sized. <br/> Apart from the risk of being buried in snow masses, you also need to take the dangers of being swept along and forced to take a fall into consideration. Snowdrift accumulations cover a weak old snowpack surface on NE/N/NW facing slopes above 2000m. The old snowpack is weak, with faceted crystals. <br/> The snowpack is highly irregular even over small areas. At all altitudes, there is too little snow on the ground for this juncture of the season. No significant change in avalanche danger levels anticipated