Avalanche.report

Tuesday 6 January 2026

Published 5 Jan 2026, 17:00:00


Danger level

1800m
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
1800m


The wind slabs represent the main danger.

In all aspects precarious wind slabs formed. This applies especially adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls. The avalanche prone locations are rather rare and are clearly recognisable to the trained eye. The wind slabs can be released easily above approximately 1800 m. Caution is to be exercised at their margins in particular. Mostly the avalanches are small.
In isolated cases avalanches can be triggered in the weakly bonded old snow. Such avalanche prone locations are to be found in particular on extremely steep shady slopes above approximately 2600 m.
In very isolated cases avalanches are medium-sized.
Even a small avalanche can sweep snow sport participants along and give rise to falls.

Snowpack

dp.6: cold, loose snow and wind
dp.7: snow-poor zones in snow-rich surrounding

The avalanche-prone wind slabs are lying on soft layers in particular on shady slopes at elevated altitudes. The wind slabs have bonded poorly with the old snowpack.
Faceted weak layers exist in the bottom section of the old snowpack in particular on wind-protected shady slopes.
The snowpack will be generally subject to considerable local variations.
Over a wide area a little snow is lying.

Tendency

The avalanche danger will persist.


Danger level

1800m
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
1800m


Wind slabs require caution.

In all aspects sometimes avalanche prone wind slabs formed. This applies especially adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls. The avalanche prone locations are rare and are clearly recognisable to the trained eye. The wind slabs can be released easily above approximately 1800 m. Caution is to be exercised at their margins in particular. Mostly the avalanches are small.
In isolated cases avalanches can be triggered in the weakly bonded old snow.
Even a small avalanche can sweep snow sport participants along and give rise to falls.

Snowpack

dp.6: cold, loose snow and wind

The various wind slabs are lying on soft layers in particular on shady slopes.
The snowpack will be subject to considerable local variations. In all regions a little snow is lying.

Tendency

The avalanche danger will persist.