Snow conditions 19. 4. 2026

Avalanche forecast
Sunday, 19. 4. 2026

Danger level Sunday, 19. 4. 2026 at

Danger level 2 – moderate

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

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

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

In the old snowpack, snow layers are mostly well bonded to each other. More or less deep below the surface, several weak layers of facets and rounded grains occur, more frequent on sunny slopes above 1800 m.

Weather
Sunday morning still sunny, forenoon clouding over. Summits in clouds. Afternoon local precipitation, showers and thunderstorms. At 1500 m around 7, at 2000 m around 4 °C. Zero isotherm at approx. 2500 m.

Outlook
Monday cloudy with precipitation, snow above 2000 m. Danger of wet loose snow avalanches and slab avalanches increased on Monday. New snow will not significantly affect avalanche danger.

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Source: ARSO