Allgäu Alps West

Wet-snow avalanches continue – Snowdrifts at high altitudes prone to triggering

Skies on Monday night will be clear or slightly cloudy. Tuesday: sunshine from early until late. High-altitude cloudbanks will occasionally create diffuse light conditions. The air is very dry, ensuring good visibility. Temperature at 2000m: +8 degrees. High-altitude winds: in high alpine regions blowing at moderate strength from the west.

Sunny, very mild. Ongoing frequent small-to-medium sized wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches therefore possible.

Wet-snow avalanches continue – Snowdrifts at high altitudes prone to triggering

As a result of the mild temperatures and the weakened snowpack due to rainfall, small-to-medium sized wet-snow and glide-snow avalanches continue to be possible. Wet-snow avalanches can also be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts. At high altitudes, fresh, trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations have been generated. Small-to-medium sized slab avalanches can be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts. In addition, slab avalanches can be triggered in some places in the old snow by large additional loading. Caution urged on high-altitude very steep shady slopes.

The snowpack has been weakened up to high altitudes through rain impact. On Monday, numerous small, but also several medium and, in isolated cases, also large naturally triggered avalanches were reported. Above 2200m there was 30cm of fresh snow registered. As a result of strong-velocity winds it was transported and fresh snowdrift accumulations were generated. These are prone to triggering. At high altitudes, particularly on shady slopes, faceted intermediate layers are evident inside the snowpack. In places, these can be triggered.