There will be wind-whipped slabs and cushions of varying thickness and hardness over much of the area above the forest zone. This wind-blown snow lies on a hard to icy substrate with which it is not sufficiently well bonded. Avalanches are possible on some steep slopes, especially with high additional loads.
Under layers of hard snow there is a soft, unstable layer which can release an avalanche in the event of a large additional load. The danger in this case is a large additional load in the form of two or more skiers in one place.
Snowpack
New dry snow from the last snowfall (up to 20 cm) is lying on hard ground. During the night and in the morning this snow will be shaped by south to south-westerly winds into snow slabs and pillows of varying thickness and hardness. This will create places where there will be only a hard base and, conversely, places where there will be a larger amount of snow.
Tendency
The effect of the wind rising.
Danger level
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
Isolated places with wind-laden slabs.
The avalanche situation is generally stable in the forest zone, Lúčanská Mala Fatra, Veľká Fatra and in the Kralovohoľa part of the Low Tatras. Very sporadically there may be places where wind-formed slabs and cushions on hard ground will be present. Be especially careful in places where well snowed areas alternate with a blown layer on the hard ground.
Snowpack
There is relatively little snow in the forest zone, which is mostly formed into hard snow crust. Above this boundary there are locally wind-blown slabs and pillows again on a hard base. Alternatively, patches blown into hard or grassy substrate.
