Fresh snow and sometimes strong wind are giving rise to snow drift accumulations at high altitudes over a wide area. At high
altitudes they are being deposited on a hard frozen snowpack, which in the high Alpine regions has been influenced by the
wind. Fresh snow and snow drift accumulations can easily be released in very steep terrain. Fractures are unlikely to occur
deeper in the snowpack.
As a consequence of the significant fall in temperature on Monday night, the snowpack, which is thoroughly moist up to high
altitudes, will freeze to an increasing extent. Where the fresh snow falls on steep slopes on ground that is already bare,
small snow slides can occur.