23.04.2009

More fresh snow than expected, about 20cm at the hut, approx. 30 to 35cm on the glaciers at approx. 2800m.

Significantly more snow has fallen than forecast; at lower altitudes it lies on a completely moist old snowpack, on the glaciers the …

Significantly more snow has fallen than forecast; at lower altitudes it lies on a completely moist old snowpack, on the glaciers the old snowpack is quite well consolidated!

You need to watch out for a buried layer of graupel, which at high altitude may form a weak layer and act as a sliding surface for slab avalanches.

Please refer to the avalanche bulletin at:

www.lawine.at

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