Allgäu Alps Central

Avoid zones below glide cracks.

Avoid zones below glide cracks.

Avalanche danger is moderate. Main problem: gliding snow. Glide snow avalanches can release naturally on very steep smooth grass-covered slopes in all aspects that have not yet discharged. Releases are mostly small to medium-sized. However, in areas with plenty of snow, they can grow to large size in isolated cases. In addition, in steep east-facing high altitude terrain adjacent to ridgelines small snowdrifts can be triggered by a single skier. Heed the risk of taking a fall.

During Monday night a thin melt-freeze crust can form at intermediate altitudes which softens swiftly during the day. At high altitudes the snowpack surface freezes and is frequently capable of bearing loads. During the course of the day, shallow snowdrifts can be generated that are in places prone to triggering. In the uppermost part of the snowpack soft layers are embedded between melt-freeze crusts at high altitudes. These are, however, difficult to trigger. The old snowpack is compact and stable by and large. Up to high altitudes it is thoroughly moist and down to the ground mostly wet. The consequence are gliding movements. In south aspects below 1500 m the ground is almost totally bare of snow.

Rising danger of dry avalanches on Wednesday due to new snow and wind.