In the southern Valais as well as in the inneralpine and southern regions of Grisons, there are weak layers evident deeply
embedded inside the snowpack. Although these layers are quite pronounced from place to place, there have been no further triggerings
recorded from these layers during the last week. In the remaining regions of Switzerland the snowpack structuring is more
favourable.
On the northern flank of the Alps more than anywhere else, isolated gliding avalanches continue to be possible in isolated
cases.
In the southern regions there is unusually little snow on the ground, at numerous measurement stations less than has ever
before been measured at this juncture of the season. As a consequence of the thin, often expansively metamorphosed (faceted)
snowpack, there is currently heightened danger of falling into crevices on the glaciers, most particularly in the regions
of Zermatt and Saas Fee.
During a night of clear skies, a crust capable of bearing loads tends to form up to high altitudes on steep south-facing slopes.