A favourable avalanche situation will be encountered over a wide area.
The rather small wind slabs of the last few days are in individual cases still prone to triggering in particular on very steep shady slopes at elevated altitudes. Caution is to be exercised in particular adjacent to ridgelines. The wind slabs are clearly recognisable to the trained eye.
On steep grassy slopes individual small and medium-sized gliding avalanches are possible.
Snowpack
dp.6: cold, loose snow and wind dp.2: gliding snow
The snowpack will be stable over a wide area. The somewhat older wind slabs are mostly small and unlikely to be released now.
Tendency
Low avalanche danger will prevail.
Danger level
The backcountry touring conditions are generally favourable.
Avalanches can in very isolated cases be released in the weakly bonded old snow, in particular by large additional loads. This applies on very steep shady slopes above approximately 2400 m, especially in little used terrain at transitions from a shallow to a deep snowpack. Avalanches can reach medium size.
In addition the wind slabs at elevated altitudes are prone to triggering in very isolated cases still. The wind slabs are clearly recognisable to the trained eye.
Snowpack
dp.7: snow-poor zones in snow-rich surrounding dp.6: cold, loose snow and wind
In very isolated cases weak layers exist in the centre of the snowpack, especially on very steep shady slopes above approximately 2400 m, but in isolated cases also in areas where the snow cover is rather shallow at high altitudes and in high Alpine regions.
The wind slabs have bonded well with the old snowpack.
Only a small amount of snow is lying for the time of year.
