Allgäu Alps West

Attention: gliding snow. Otherwise favourable conditions.

Attention: gliding snow. Otherwise favourable conditions.

Danger of small, in isolated cases where snowfall has been heavy medium-sized glide-snow avalanches on steep grass-covered slopes or rocky plates still prevails. Caution urged below glide cracks. Othewise low avalanche danger. Small, wet loose-snow avalanches are possible in extremely steep terrain. Isolated avalanche triggerings by winter sports enthusiasts possible in extremely steep shady terrain. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall require adequate consideration.

The below average snowpack is all-in-all well consolidated. The surfaces are highly varied: on high-altitude shady slopes there is still powder, elsewhere often breakable crusts, sometimes wind crusts are capable of bearing loads. Due to multi-layered cloudbanks, nocturnal outgoing longwave radiation is reduced, the snow cannot really consolidate. Over recent days, increasingly frequent glide cracks and glide-snow avalanches have been reported. Due to lower temperatures the gliding snow activity will slowly decrease.

A new front is approaching. Between widespread layers of clouds, sunshine is possible above the summit in the morning hours. Cloud cover will become denser during the daytime, then descend in the afternoon, initial snowfall is possible in evening (rainfall below 1500m). During the nocturnal hours, snowfall down to 1000m. At 2000m: from +1 to -1 degree. Moderate to brisk SW winds at high altitudes, strong in afternoon.

Avalanche danger levels will increase slightly due to fresh snowfall and winds