Chiemgau Alps East

Locally, snowdrifts accumulate also around the timberline.

Locally, snowdrifts accumulate also around the timberline.

Avalanche danger is low. Snowdrifts can be triggered as slab avalanches by a single person engaged in wintersports. Avalanche prone locations are found on steep W-N-E facing slopes adjacent to and distant from ridgelines, as well as in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Releases are small. Dangers of being swept away and of taking a fall require attentiveness.

Snow is transported by southerly winds. In places, isolated trigger-sensitive fresh drifts were deposited atop a loosely packed old snowpack surface or atop snowdrifts that accumulated on the previous day. Elsewhere, snowdrifts and old snowpack surface have bonded well. The snowpack is mostly stable and does not contain weak layers. South-facing slopes at intermediate altitudes are becoming bare again. All in all, there is little snow on the ground.

Avalanche danger increases due to expected snowfalls.