Werdenfels Alps

also on hiking trails: risks of being buried in snow masses

Up to high altitudes the snowpack in the Bavarian Alps is thoroughly wet down to the ground, including in the highest mountain zones. The current surge in temperatures plus rainfall is raising naturally triggered avalanche activity. Current snow depths are the highest this season in many spots. At low altitudes the ground is rapidly becoming bare of snow, valleys are already bare.

Due to rain and higher temperatures, the wet-snow problem will persist.

also on hiking trails: risks of being buried in snow masses

Avalanche danger below 2200 m is considerable, above that altitude danger is moderate. Main danger: wet snow. Naturally triggered wet loose-snow, slab and glid-snow avalanches are possible at any time of day or night and can be expected, most of medium size, but occasional large-sized releases. Even on hiking trails over ground which is bare of snow, wet avalanches can be released on the slopes above them.