Bavarian Prealps East

Avoid prone to triggering wind slab!

Avoid prone to triggering wind slab!

The avalanche risk is considerable above the tree line and moderate below it. The main problem is wind slab. Slab avalanches can be triggered with little additional load. Avalanche prone locations are adjacent to ridgelines and distant from ridgelines in steep slopes of all aspects, behind slope discontinuities and in gullies and bowls, sometimes also in forest aisles and clearings. They increase in number and size with altitude. Avalanches reach medium size. Cracks when stepping on the snowpack indicate danger.

Above 1800 m, avalanches on very steep shady slopes can also tear through to deeper weak layers in the old snowpack.

It has snowed around 30 centimetres in the last few days, even more in congested areas. The snow was transported extensively by stormy winds from westerly directions. The fresh and older snowdrift accumulations are prone to triggering. They lie on soft layers of snow, graupel or surface hoar. In the upper part of the old snowpack, layers prone to triggering are embedded in thin layers of harsh snow in places. Above 1800 m, on shady slopes, there are deeper weak layers of faceted crystals in the snowpack. The snow depths vary greatly across the terrain due to the strong winds.

The avalanche situation remains tense.