Chiemgau Alps East

New snow partly prone to triggering. Wind marks indicate avalanche prone locations.

New snow partly prone to triggering. Wind marks indicate avalanche prone locations.

Avalanche danger is moderate. Main problem: fresh snow. Isolated loose snow avalanches will trigger spontaneously in steep rock terrain, in particular due to solar radiation. Where snow is wind-bonded, i.e., in particular in ridge and summit zones, slab avalanches can be triggered by a single person. In gullies and bowls with plenty of snow avalanches can grow to medium size. Danger of being buried in snow masses.

Up to 50 cm of new snow were deposited on the bare ground; in shady high altitude areas on encrusted old snowpack surfaces. In wind-exposed areas the new snow bonded slab-like; elsewhere it is mostly loose and powdery. Trigger-sensitive intermediate layers are embedded in the new snow cover which formed locally-limited while precipitation paused. Hence it is not very likely that fractures will propagate over a large area.

In the next few days the new snow will gradually settle and stabilize. Avalanche danger will decrease.