Allgäu Alps West

Mostly moderate danger, glide-snow avalanches persist

Thursday will be windy, in the afternoon precipitation will set in, snowfall level above 1300 m, with strong NW winds. Avalanche danger levels can rise slightly at high altitudes.

Mostly moderate danger, glide-snow avalanches persist

Predominantly favorable conditions prevail, avalanche danger is moderate. Near-surface layers and older drifts are increasingly prone to triggering at higher altitudes. Danger zones occur esp. in transitions from shallow to deep snow and in heavily wind-loaded terrain. Avalanches can be triggered by large additional loading and grow to medium size. Backcountry sports require prudent route selection. Caution urged near cornices. The situation is more critical at high altitudes, loose-snow avalanches are possible esp. in steep sunny and rocky tererain. Glide-snow avalanches are still a threat on steep grass-covered and rocky slopes in all aspects, avoid zones below glide cracks.

The most recent bout of fresh snowfall lies atop a compact old snowpack surface. On shady slopes or where radiation is flat the snow is often still loose. On steep sunny slopes the uppermost layers are often encrusted and capable of bearing loads, bonding is moderate, often with blanketed graupel. Fractures in more deeply embedded layers of the snowpack have not been registered recently. In early morning often a hard-to-icy surface. The warm ground and the moist-to-wet snowpack are reinforcing gliding snow movement.

Nocturnal hours: In the early part of the night, heavy clouds will pass through; in the latter part, scattered clouds to clear. Wednesday daytime: Sunshine with some clouds, diffuse light conditions in the afternoon. At 2000 m: 0 to +3 degrees. Moderate W winds.