Chiemgau Alps East

Pay attention to small scale wind slab.

Pay attention to small scale wind slab.

The avalanche risk is low. Occasional small slab avalanches can be triggered with little additional load in the wind slab and very occasionally in the persistent weak layer. Avalanche prone locations are adjacent to ridgelines on steep slopes in the northern and eastern aspects. The risk of falling and injury is greater than the danger of burial.

Stormy winds can move the snow where the snow surface is still soft (mostly on the eastern and northern sides) and create small snowdrift accumulations. These are prone to triggering on surface hoar or soft layers. Otherwise, the snow surface is often crusted can form. The melt-freeze crust softens again in the sun. The old snowpack consists of faceted crystals and is partly interspersed with melt-freeze crusts. There is little to no snow on the sunny slopes.

Avalanche danger remains low.