Chiemgau Alps East

Small-area snowdrift problem

Weather will be highly variable in the next few days. Depending on the amounts of rainfall, avalanche danger levels can rise.

Small-area snowdrift problem

Avalanche danger in the Bavarian Prealps and Chiemgau Alpls is low. Main problem: snowdrift accumulations. Isolated danger zones occur in steep ridgeline terrain on N/E/S facing slopes and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Snowdrifts can be triggered as slab avalanches by merely 1 person, most releases are small. Caution: acute danger of falling, being swept along.

The loose powder snow and minor fresh snow is being far-reachingly transported by winds. The snowdrifts are deposited atop weak layers and are prone to triggering. In a few places on north-facing slopes there are faceted crystals clinging to melt-freeze crusts. On shady slopes and in wind-protected terrain, the snow is still loose and unbonded. Wherever the surface consists of wind crusts or melt-freeze crusts, it is capable of bearing loads. The snowpack is moist up to high altitude and the lowermost layers often wet, but hard and compact.