Chiemgau Alps East

Trigger-sensitive snowdrifts accumulating due to easterly winds

Trigger-sensitive snowdrifts accumulating due to easterly winds

Avalanche danger above the timberline is considerable, danger below that altitude is moderate. Main problem: fresh snowdrift accumulations. Slab avalanches can be triggered by one sole person on steep ridgeline slopes in N/W/S aspects, in gullies and bowls and behind abrupt discontinuities in the terrain. Above the timberline, the danger zones are more numerous. Avalanches can grow to medium size. Wind signs and glide cracks are signs of potential danger.

Half-a-metre of loose fresh snow is being transported far-reachingly by easterly winds. Especially above the timberline in wind-protected terrain, behind abrupt discontinuities on ridges and crests, in gullies and bowls, fresh snowdrifts are being deposited atop soft layers of expansively metamorphosed (faceted) crystals. They are extremely prone to triggering. Particularly on high altitude shady slopes, weak layers inside the snowpack persist.

Avalanche danger will decrease only incrementally over the next few days.