Chiemgau Alps East

Wind slabs can be triggered as small to medium avalanches.

Wind slabs can be triggered as small to medium avalanches.

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line and low below it. The main problem is wind slab. Small to medium slab avalanches can be triggered with little additional load. The avalanche prone locations are mainly above the tree line in steep terrain adjacent to ridgelines in all aspects as well as distant from ridgelines behind terrain edges and in gullies and bowls.

On very steep, sunny slopes, individual, mostly small gliding avalanches can detach themselves. Smaller loose snow avalanches are possible on steep terrain interspersed with rocks.

It has snowed about 20 to 30 cm, even more in congested areas. Small-scale snowdrift accumulations are prone to triggering on soft layers. Some of the wind slab is soft and difficult to recognise. In addition, graupel and weak intermediate layers are embedded in the upper part of the old snowpack in places in the area of melting snow caps. The snowpack base is compact and largely stable. On the south side, the snow is often wet towards the ground, which can cause it to slide on slippery ground.

The avalanche danger is slowly decreasing.