Chiemgau Alps East

Remaining snowpack increasingly moist

Remaining snowpack increasingly moist

Avalanche danger is low. Main problem: gliding snow. It is possible that glide snow avalanches release spontaneously on very steep slopes over smooth ground that have not yet discharged. Isolated medium-sized releases cannot be fully excluded.

As a result of high temperatures and sunshine the snowpack is becoming increasingly wet from the top. Moisture penetrates deep into the snowpack and as a result it forfeits its firmness. On the sunny side and at intermediate altitudes the snowpack is in many places wet at ground level; as a consequence there are increasing gliding activities. Below 1500 m there is hardly any snow on the ground.

The gliding snow problem will rise slightly.