Chiemgau Alps East

Glide-snow avalanches still possible

Glide-snow avalanches still possible

Avalanche danger is low. Gliding snow is the main problem. On very steep slopes with smooth ground the activity of naturally triggered glide-snow avalanches will increase as the day progresses, releases mostly small. Avoid zones below glide cracks. Due to solar radiation and mild temperatures, in addition, wet loose-snow avalanches trigger naturally as the day unfolds in steep rocky terrain. Mind the danger of falling.

Following a night of partly clear skies the snowpack surface is melt-freeze encrusted and hard and can bear loads, often icy. During the course of the day, precipitation and strong winds will set in from the west. In leeward terrain, small drifts will be generated, deposited atop loose snowpack layers, elsewhere the fluctuating wind velocities will generate soft trigger-prone layers in the snowdrifts and at entries to the old snowpack. In the uppermost part of the snowpack at high altitudes there are expansively metamorphosed layers. The old snowpack is thoroughly wet down to the ground. Gliding movements on slopes with smooth ground are the result. This tendency is being reinforced by recent rainfall up to 1300 m.

Sunny and dry on the weekend. Avalanche danger will be transferred to glide-snow/wet-snow.