Chiemgau Alps East

Below 1500 m there is not much snow left.

Below 1500 m there is not much snow left.

Avalanche danger above 1500 m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Wet snow is a problem. Due to rainfall naturally triggered wet loose snow and slab avalanches can be expected in steep terrain that has not yet discharged. Avalanches generally remain small-sized, there are only isolated medium-sized avalanches on higher altitude slopes with plenty of snow. The snowpack will start gliding over the smooth ground on steep slopes. -- Glide cracks are indicators of the danger zones.

The penetration of moisture into the snowpack progresses. Rainfall rapidly soaks the new snow of Friday night during the day. In the Bavarian pre-Alps small snowdrift accumulations are generated at highest altitudes during the course of the night which bond well with the warm old snowpack surface. Below 1500 m there is hardly any snow left.

As of Sunday it will be cooler, there will be new snow and wind and therefore the danger of snowdrifts will become more important again.