Chiemgau Alps East

Risk of falling and injury on crust can form surfaces.

Risk of falling and injury on crust can form surfaces.

The avalanche risk is low. Occasional small slab avalanches can be triggered, in particular with large additional loads in the persistent weak layer. Avalanche prone locations are located above around 1800 m on extremely steep shady slopes. The risk of falling and injury is greater than the danger of burial.

At medium elevations, a melt-freeze crust forms at night, which softens on the sunny slopes during the daytime changes. At higher elevations, a few centimetres of new fallen snow cover a compact old snowpack. The base of the snowpack often consists of large-grained, crumbly snow. Break propagation over larger areas is not to be expected with the overall low-stress and low-thickness snowpack. The southern sides are increasingly thinning out.

Avalanche danger remains low.