Chiemgau Alps East

Usually too little snow for ski tours off the secured pistes.

Usually too little snow for ski tours off the secured pistes.

The avalanche risk is low. Fresh wind slabs are problematic above the tree line. Occasionally, small snow slabs can be triggered in the steep terrain adjacent to ridgelines in the north-west, north to east aspects. The risk of falling and injury is greater than the danger of burial.

Occasionally, small snow slabs can also be triggered in persistent weak layers. This is particularly conceivable on very steep shady slopes above 1600 metres with a high additional load.

Small, fresh snowdrift accumulations lie partly prone to triggering on surface hoar, soft powder or prone to triggering, thin wind and melt-freeze crusts on the old snow surface. Poor snow cover test results indicate that snow slab release is still possible in deeper, built-up layers at higher elevations (above approx. 1500 metres). On the south side, there is often no closed old snowpack in the higher elevations. Overall, there is little snow.

Avalanche danger remains low.