Werdenfels Alps

Pay heed to cornice breaks!

Pay heed to cornice breaks!

Avalanche danger above 1600 m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Main problem: gliding snow. On very steep grassy slopes with plenty of snow and on rock slabs, wet glide snow avalanches can trigger naturally at anytime. Avalanches can reach medium size, in Allgäu they can become large in isolated cases. Due to rainfall, small wet loose snow avalanches can in addition release in extremely steep terrain.

Rainshowers continue to cause further humidity in the snowpack which is alreday thoroughly wet down to ground layers. Locally limited the intensity of the snowpack moisture can differ widely. The firmness of the snowpack deteriorates and the sink-in depths increase. An area-wide cohesive snowpack can be found in Allgäu on the shady side above approximately 1400 m, in east aspects the snowfall level is about 100 to 200 m higher. On south-facing slopes the ground is becoming increasingly bare even at higher altitudes.

Temperatures will drop. Wet snow avalanche activity will decrease.