Allgäu Alps Central

Cautious route selection necessary, esp. the ascent

Cautious route selection necessary, esp. the ascent

Avalanche danger is moderate. Main problem: wet snow. On extremely steep rough and rocky slopes in all aspects, small wet loose-snow and glide-snow avalanches are possible, triggerable by winter sports enthusiasts in very steep terrain. Avoid zones below glide cracks. Slab avalanches (small-to-medium) can trigger in some places by 1 person. Danger zones occur in steep rigeline terrain on N/E facing slopes and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. On smooth slopes, isolated glide-snow avalanches can trigger, releases mostly small.

The snowpack surface is moist, during nights of clear skies it forms a thin melt-freeze crust which rapidly softens during the day if temperatures are mild, becoming moist and forfeiting its firmness. Recent snowdrift accumulations have settled, still trigger-prone on high ridgeline and summit slopes in shady aspects. Dry powder is rare. Amounts of snow on the ground decrease further east. Winds are generateing small trigger-prone snowdrift accumulations. The old snowpack is stable, moist and wet at ground level. Below 1500 m, hardly any snow on the ground, even on north-facing slopes.

The weekend will begin with variably cloudy skies, snowfall level will drop. At high altitudes the danger of dry-snow avalanches can increase somewhat.