There is only a small amount of snow on the ground in the western and northern regions from the rounds of snowfall this weekend.
In the Jura and the Prealps the snowfall fell for the most part on bare ground. Most of the snow fell in the Upper Valais
sector of the Main Alpine Ridge, in northern Ticino and in the central and southern parts of Grisons, with 30 to 50 cm of
fresh snow at 2000 m altitude.
On shady slopes the thin old snowpack has expansively metamorphosed (faceted) to a great extent, thus forming an unfavourable
snow base. On sunny slopes various crusts are embedded inside the old snowpack, and the snowpack surface is frequently hardened
in some places. Steep south-facing slopes were free of snow up to about 2200 m over widespread areas, in western and northern
regions up to 2600 m.