Avalanche forecast
Thursday, 23. 4. 2026
Danger level Thursday, 23. 4. 2026 at
Danger level 1 – low
Southern Julian Alps, Central Julian Alps, Eastern Julian Alps, Western Julian Alps, Kamnik Alps, Savinja Alps and Carinthia, Western Karawanks, Central Karawanks
With cooling, the avalanche risk will be low
The old snow cover is mostly well transformed, bonded, and stable. The risk of wet snow slab release has decreased. Only isolated snow avalanches possible.
In recent days, a smaller amount of new snow has fallen mainly in the high mountains. Smaller snow deposits have formed, which can be potentially unstable.
Snow cover
Danger signs
dp.10: spring conditions
With clearing, the snow cover will freeze more markedly overnight. During the day, the snow will become wet again. The zero-degree isotherm will rise during the day to an elevation of around 2400 m.
In recent days, above around 2000 m, 5 to 10 cm of new snow has fallen. Precipitation during showers was uneven.
Ridges are already quite bare even in the high mountains.
In the old snow cover, snow layers are mostly well bonded. Individual weak layers of facets and rounded grains appear more or less deep below the surface, more frequent on shady slopes above 1800 m.
Weather
On Thursday, mostly clear at first, during the day some cloud cover will arrive from the north. A light to moderate northerly wind will blow, which will temporarily strengthen somewhat towards evening. Much warmer. At midday, temperature at 1500 m around 7, at 2500 m around -2 °C.
Outlook
By the end of the week, mostly clear and warmer each day.
The snow cover will be hard and frozen in the morning. During the day, it will become somewhat wetter again. Especially in the high mountains, where there is still some unprocessed snow, small wet snow avalanches possible.
https://www.hribi.net/snezne_razmere_v_gorah Source: ARSO