Chiemgau Alps East

Blown-in areas should be avoided.

Blown-in areas should be avoided.

The avalanche risk is moderate above 1600 metres and low below that. The main problem at all altitudes is wind slab avalanches. Slab avalanches can easily be triggered by individual winter sports enthusiasts. Avalanche prone locations can be found on steep slopes adjacent to ridgelines in the north-west, north to south aspects, behind slope discontinuities and in gullies and bowls, as well as in forest aisles and clearings. Avalanches usually remain small, but if they tear through to deeper weak layers, they can reach medium size.

Accompanied by strong winds from westerly directions, some snow is falling and depositing as wind slab on the soft snow surface. The fresh snowdrift accumulations are very prone to triggering in places. Layers of surface hoar or thin wind and melt-freeze crusts prone to triggering are embedded in the upper part of the old snowpack. On shady slopes, deeper layers of faceted crystals have been preserved in the snowpack in places. Ground contact is to be expected in areas without an old snowpack foundation.

Further increase in avalanche danger over the course of the week.