Gliding snow
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- Below 2,200 m
Very compact, icy snow cover
Very compact, icy snow cover
The avalanche risk is low. Sliding snow can still be problematic on extremely steep, smooth meadow slopes. Avalanches remain small.
On the shaded side, the snow is compact, hardened and sometimes icy right up to the higher altitudes. The remaining snow cover becomes superficially soft during the day, especially when exposed to sunlight. The base of the snowpack is often wet. At the highest elevations, isolated layers of angular crystals have been preserved underneath the snow cover. The snowpack is thin overall. The middle layers are increasingly thinning out on the sunny side.
The avalanche danger remains low.
Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Bavaria (CC BY 4.0)