Snow conditions 18. 4. 2026
18.04.2026
Avalanche forecast
Saturday, 18. 4. 2026
17. 4. 2026
18. 04. 2026
Danger level Saturday, 18. 4. 2026
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 loose slab avalanches.
The old snowpack is mostly well bonded and stable, exceptions are some shaded aspects above 1800 m.
Possible triggering of loose slab avalanches.
Snowpack
Danger patterns
dp.10: spring conditions
On a 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 snow layers are mostly well bonded together. More or less deep below the surface there are several weak layers of facets and rounded grains, more frequent on sun-exposed slopes above 1800 m.
Weather
On Saturday mostly clear. During the day cumulus cloudiness will form covering the summits. At midday the temperature at 1500 m around 9, at 2500 m around 1 °C.
Outlook
Sunday morning still sunny, midday clouding over.
https://www.hribi.net/snezne_razmere_v_gorah Source: ARSO
