Chiemgau Alps East

Usually too little snow for ski tours.

Usually too little snow for ski tours.

The avalanche risk is low. Small avalanches can be triggered, especially with large additional loads. The few avalanche prone locations are found on very steep slopes in the northern and eastern aspects, especially when entering gullies and bowls. Particularly in the Allgäu and in the highest areas of the Berchtesgaden Alps also in the area of small-scale wind slab.

On the surface there are a few centimetres of dry, partly bonded snow on a melt-freeze crust. The old snowpack usually has an angular structure and is interspersed with more or less massive surface crusts. Crack propagation over larger areas is not to be expected. Overall, there is little snow.

Slight increase in avalanche danger with new fallen snow and wind.