Avalanche bulletin
Friday, 13. 2. 2026
Danger level Friday, 13. 2. 2026 at
Danger level 3 – considerable
Southern Julian Alps, Central Julian Alps, Eastern Julian Alps, Western Julian Alps
New and windpacked snow in high mountains, weak layers persist.
Even small additional load can trigger small slab avalanche on wind slabs. Triggered slab avalanche or large additional load can exceed load capacity of deep hard persistent layers, potentially triggering deep and extensive (large) slab avalanche. Such weak layers abundant especially on shady slopes above forest, not excluded elsewhere. Gliding avalanches also occur on steep smooth slopes.
Snowpack
Danger patterns
dp.1: deep persistent slab
dp.4: cooling after warm / warming after cold
Snow crusted on sun-exposed slopes to highest summits in past days, dry only on shady high-mountain slopes. On this base, up to 10 cm new snow since Tuesday afternoon, up to 30 cm in Southern Julian Alps. Snowline around 1300 m most of time, rising to 1700 m end of precipitation. Snow surface crusted by rain to ~1700 m, crust forms on cooling.
Old snowpack consists of somewhat cohesive snow layers, mostly well bonded. Weaker bonding in wind slab layers in deposits formed by south wind during snowfall. Deep in old snowpack multiple weak facet and rounded grain layers.
Weather
Thursday evening clearing from NW, NW wind. Friday mostly sunny. Wind weakens Friday morning, westerly in afternoon.
Outlook
Avalanche danger remains similar to end of week. Saturday cloudy with precipitation. Sunday sunny.
Danger level Friday, 13. 2. 2026 at
Danger level 3 – considerable
Kamnik Alps, Savinja Alps and Carinthia, Western Karawanks, Central Karawanks
New and windpacked snow in high mountains, weak layers persist.
Even small additional load can trigger small slab avalanche on wind slabs. Triggered slab avalanche or large additional load can exceed load capacity of deep hard persistent layers, potentially triggering deep and extensive (large) slab avalanche. Such weak layers abundant especially on shady slopes above forest, not excluded elsewhere. Gliding avalanches also occur on steep smooth slopes.
Snowpack
Danger patterns
dp.1: deep persistent slab
dp.4: cooling after warm / warming after cold
Snow crusted on sun-exposed slopes to highest summits in past days, dry only on shady high-mountain slopes. On this base, up to 10 cm new snow since Tuesday afternoon. Snowline around 1300 m most of time, rising to 1700 m end of precipitation. Snow surface crusted by rain to ~1700 m, crust forms on cooling.
Old snowpack consists of somewhat cohesive snow layers, mostly well bonded. Weaker bonding in wind slab layers in deposits formed by south wind during snowfall. Deep in old snowpack multiple weak facet and rounded grain layers.
Weather
Thursday evening clearing from NW, NW wind. Friday mostly sunny. Wind weakens Friday morning, westerly in afternoon.
Outlook
Avalanche danger remains similar to end of week. Saturday cloudy with precipitation. Sunday sunny.
Danger level Friday, 13. 2. 2026 at
Danger level 2 – moderate
Southern foothills of Julian Alps, Eastern foothills of Julian Alps, Javorniki and Snežnik
Windpacked snow, gliding avalanches.
Even small additional load can trigger small slab avalanche on wind slabs. Gliding avalanches occur on steep smooth slopes.
Snowpack
Above 1200 m up to 30 cm new snow. New snow on crusty base. Old snowpack consists of somewhat cohesive snow layers, mostly well bonded. Deep facets at ground-snowpack interface.
Weather
Thursday evening clearing from NW, NW wind. Friday mostly sunny. Wind weakens Friday morning, westerly in afternoon.
Outlook
Avalanche danger remains similar to end of week. Saturday cloudy with precipitation. Sunday sunny and windy.
https://www.hribi.net/snezne_razmere_v_gorah Source: ARSO