2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 en;Jeffrey McCabe 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 https://warnung.vorarlberg.at/vtgdb/lawine/bilder_mail/EAWS/tendenz_gleichbleibend.png constant https://warnung.vorarlberg.at/lwd_en/archiv/Winter_2018-2019/210213_0730_avalanche_bulletin.pdf Nighttime skies on Saturday will be cloudless and cold. Sunday will be very sunny. Temperatures will rise slightly in the mountains. An intermittently strong-velocity NE wind will be blowing, generating more (small) snowdrifts. Avalanche danger is not expected to change signficantly. Andreas Pecl Translated by Jeffrey McCabe Danger mostly moderate, regionally considerable at high altitude. Caution: old-snow problem + fresh drifts! 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 2 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 1600 2 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 1600 1 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 1600 2 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 1600 1 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 2200 3 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 2200 2 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 2200 3 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 2200 2 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 1600 2 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 1600 1 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 2200 3 2021-02-13T07:30:00+01:00 2021-02-14T07:30:00+01:00 2200 2 drifting snow 1800 ridgeline terrain, wind-loaded gullies, bowls old snow 2200 faceted intermediate layers Alpine weather forecast (ZAMG-Weather Service Innsbruck) Above the high fog at 1100-1400 m it will be sunny all day long, but bitter cold. Temperature at 2000 m: -12 degrees. Brisk E/NE winds will intensify as the day unfolds. Snow cover / General info Along the Tirolean border, strong winds from varying directions are blowing, the loose snow is being transported, fresh snowdrift accumulations are being generated locally. The still very loose fresh snow and small drifts are being deposited on a well consolidated old snowpack surface. Bonding to older, soft layers is predominantly moderate, but deteriorates with ascending altitude. Apart from the blanketed-over layer of dust blown from the Sahara desert, high-altitude shady slopes have other weak layers: faceted crystals at mid-level in the snowpack. Yesterday, numerous backcountry skiing tours were launched, descents in very steep terrain undertaken. Only small loose slides were triggered, no slab avalanches. In high alpine regions in central Silvretta, very few details are currently available. Avalanche danger assessment Danger is predominantly moderate, regionally considerable at high altitudes. Main danger: older and fresh snowdrift accumulations, they can be easily triggered. Avalanche prone locations are found in ridgeline terrain, on wind-loaded steep slopes in all aspects. In high alpine terrain, high-altitude steep slopes and seldom skied shady slopes the situation is somewhat more critical. There, slabs can fracture down to deeper layers in the old snowpack and grow to larger size. (Generally, large additional loading, e.g. groups not maintaining distances is necessary.) Such danger zones are not visible. They lie particularly in transitions from shallow to deep snow and in shallow-snow places.