2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 en;Jeffrey McCabe 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 https://warnung.vorarlberg.at/vtgdb/lawine/bilder_mail/EAWS/tendenz_fallend.png decreasing https://warnung.vorarlberg.at/lwd_en/archiv/Winter_2018-2019/210317_0730_avalanche_bulletin.pdf Snow showers will slacken off during the night tonight. Thursday will begin with residual cloud and fogbanks, subsequently the sun will come out. Starting at midday, cloud cover will again move in. It will remain cold. Avalanche danger will decrease only slightly. Andreas Pecl Translated by Jeffrey McCabe High avalanche danger regionally at high altitude due to fresh snow + wind 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 4 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 3 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 4 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 3 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 4 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 3 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 2000 4 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 2000 3 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 3 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 2000 4 2021-03-17T07:30:00+01:00 2021-03-18T07:30:00+01:00 2000 3 new snow critical amount of fresh snow drifting snow steep wind-loaded slopes, gullies, bowls Alpine weather forecast (ZAMG-Weather Service Innsbruck) Snowfall amid poor visibility initially, later in the day snow showers will ease, clouds disperse somewhat. The northerly winds will slacken off during the daytime. Temperature at 2000 m: -9 degrees. Moderate to strong northerly winds. Snow cover / General info Between Tuesday and Wednesday there was 10-15 cm of fresh snow registered widespread, up to 40 cm in the barrier cloud regions of Kleinwalsertal, Hochtannberg and Arlberg, more from place to place. In Mittelberg, Kleinwalsertal, 68 cm of fresh snow was registered! The 4-day overall amounts lie at 75-175 cm. In the interims the fresh snow was able to settle somewhat from place to place, but this consolidation proceeds very slowly due to low temperatures. Intermittently fresh snow was intensively transported by W/NW winds. Exposed zones are often windblown, gullies and bowls filled with drifts. On shady slopes, snowdrift accumulations were often deposited atop soft old snow, on sunny slopes mostly atop hard, encrusted layers. In addition, graupel was often blanketed over. Bonding to the old snowpack surface and within the fresh snow / drifts is frequently weak. The fundament is generally well consolidated, mostly stable. Avalanche danger assessment High avalanche danger threatens regionally above the timberline, elsewhere considerable danger. Major peril in all regions: fresh snow and snowdrifts. Avalanche prone locations are found with ascending altitude primarily in steep ridgeline terrain, behind protruberances, in freshly wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Both fresh snow and freshly generated drifts are prone to triggering there. Size and frequency of danger zones increase with ascending altitude. Medium-to-large slab avalanches can be triggered by the weight of one single skier. Activities in backcountry require much experience in assessing avalanche risks on-site. Particularly in regions where snowfall has been heaviest, medium-to-large naturally triggered loose-snow avalanches and, in heavily wind-loaded zones, also slab avalanches are possible. Exposed sectors can be endangered. Safety personnel take note!