Chiemgau Alps East

Continue to heed snowdrifts. Possibility of wet and glide snow avalanches at low and intermediate altitudes due to continuing warm temperatures.

Continue to heed snowdrifts. Possibility of wet and glide snow avalanches at low and intermediate altitudes due to continuing warm temperatures.

The main problem are the snowdrifts of recent days that are are still l triggerable as medium-sized slab avalanches, in particular by large additional loading, above 1600m. Avalanche prone locations are found in particular in steep terrain in northwest to east to south aspects and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls as well as behind protuberances in the terrain. They tend to increase in frequency and size with ascending altitude. At high altitude, the avalanches can here and there also grow to large size where more deeply embedded layers are triggered. In addition, some wet loose snow and slab avalanches can release naturally, in particular at low and intermediate altitudes. Isolated naturally triggered glide snow avalanches can be expected on smooth steep grass-covered slopes in all aspects. Avalanches can attain small to medium size. Avoid areas below glide cracks!

Tuesday night will be cloudy, therefore only a thin melt freeze crust will form which quickly softens again. The snowpack will thus forfeit its firmness. The snowpack base is moist  to wet, in particular at low to intermediate altitudes which facilitates gliding of the snow masses. The packed snowdrifts of recent days  are bonding increasingly due to warming. In places, there are still  trigger-prone layers consisting of faceted crystals above approximately 1600m adjacent to crusts and at the snowpack base at high altitudes. The  crusts can in addition turn into water retaining layers.

In the next few days the avalanche danger will diminish further.