Bavarian Prealps East

New snow and snowdrifts triggerable by one individual!

New snow and snowdrifts triggerable by one individual!

Avalanche is moderate. Main problem: fresh snow. New snow and snowdrifts can be released by one sole skier on steep slopes in all expositions or trigger naturally in places. Avalanches tend to be to medium-sized. Avalanche prone locations are difficult to detect; number and size increase with ascending altitude during the course of the day. In addition, small to medium-sized glide snow avalanches can start gliding over the ground on smooth grass-covered slopes and in sparsely wooded zones.

During Thursday night and during the day on Friday, 15 cm (in places even 30 cm) of fresh snow will fall and blanket the new snow and snowdrifts of the last few days. These are therefore difficult to detect. The new snow is transported slightly by moderate northerly to westerly winds and will bond. The new snow and the snowdrifts are partly deposited atop thin soft layers and are prone to triggering. The old snowpack is mostly thoroughly wet down to the ground. Below 1500 m altitude and on sunny slopes the new snow that fell during the last few days was mostly deposited atop a bare and warm ground and is moist down to the ground layer.

The avalanche situation will remain tense due to further snowfall.