Avalanche.report

Thursday 24 April 2025

Published 23 Apr 2025, 17:00:00


Danger level

2600m
Avalanche Problem
Wet snow
2600m
Wind slab
2600m


Wet snow represents the main danger. Wind slabs in the high Alpine regions.

Wet avalanches can as before be released by a single winter sport participant. The avalanche prone locations are to be found especially on very steep west, north and east facing slopes below approximately 2600 m. Avalanches can release the saturated snowpack and reach medium size. Some rain will fall during the night in some regions. As a consequence of the rain, the likelihood of avalanches being released will increase.

The wind slabs can be released by a single winter sport participant in isolated cases in particular on very steep shady slopes in high Alpine regions. Such avalanche prone locations are to be found adjacent to ridgelines.

Snowpack

dp.3: rain
dp.9: graupel blanketed with snow

Over a wide area an overcast night. The old snowpack is wet. This applies on shady slopes below approximately 2600 m, as well as on sunny slopes below approximately 3000 m. Up to intermediate altitudes rain will fall over a wide area. Above approximately 2400 m snow will fall.

High Alpine regions: Wind slabs are lying on soft layers on very steep shady slopes.

Tendency

Up to high altitudes rain will fall over a wide area. Over a wide area up to 20 cm of snow, and even more in some localities, will fall above approximately 2200 m. The surface of the snowpack is not frozen and will already be soft in the early morning.


Danger level



Low avalanche danger will prevail.

Only isolated wet avalanches are possible.

Snowpack

Outgoing longwave radiation during the night will be severely restricted. The surface of the snowpack will cool hardly at all during the overcast night and will already be soft in the early morning. The snowpack will be wet all the way through.
Only a little snow is now lying.

Tendency

Only isolated wet avalanches are possible.