Chiemgau Alps East

Slab avalanches can sometimes be triggered easily.

Slab avalanches can sometimes be triggered easily.

The avalanche danger is moderate in the eastern Bavarian Alpine regions. Fresh snow is the main problem. In the area of the tree line and above, it can be triggered in places as a medium slab avalanche by a small additional load where it comes to rest in a bound state. The main danger spots are in steep terrain close to the crest and in gullies and hollows. From extremely steep terrain, fresh snow can also release itself as a small to medium loose snow avalanche. On very steep, smooth meadow slopes and in deciduous forests, smaller sliding snow avalanches can also detach themselves.

The fresh snow falls on a moistened layer of old snow up to the tree line. Above this, it comes to rest on a dry, partly soft surface of old snow, in the transition area partly on a thin crust of melted snow. The wind that transported it turned from west to north at the beginning. In the northern sector, older accumulations of drift snow lie on soft layers and in some cases also on surface frost. The ground is not frozen up to a great height and the snowpack base is often wet.

Gradual decrease in avalanche danger towards the weekend.