Snow conditions 17. 4. 2026

Avalanche forecast
Friday, 17. 4. 2026

Danger level Friday, 17. 4. 2026 at

Danger level 2 – moderate

Southern Julian Alps, Central Julian Alps, Eastern Julian Alps, Western Julian Alps, Kamnik Alps, Savinja Alps and Carinthia, Western Karawanks, Central Karawanks

Spring daily cycles, possibility of triggering slab avalanches.
The old snowpack is mostly well bonded and stable, exceptions are some shaded spots above 1800 m.
Slab avalanches are possible.

Snowpack
Danger patterns
dp.10: spring conditions
During the clear night, the snowpack surface will freeze superficially. In the morning it will soon crust over and remain soft until night.
Ridges are already quite bare even in the high mountains.

In the old snowpack the snow layers are mostly well bonded to each other. More or less deep below the surface there are several weak layers of graupel and faceted grains, which are more frequent on sun-exposed slopes above 1800 m.

Weather
Clear during the night to Friday and Friday morning. Then patchy low cloudiness will form covering the summits. At midday the temperature will be around 9 °C at 1500 m, around 1 °C at 2500 m.

Outlook
Saturday more sun and dry. Still warm. Sunday around midday clouding over.
Avalanche danger will remain the same.

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Source: ARSO