Chiemgau Alps East

Dry powder is rare

Dry powder is rare

Avalanche danger is low. Main problem can be wet snow. Wet glide-snow avalanches can trigger naturally in steep terrain in all aspects, releases mostly small, occasionally medium-sized. In addition, on extremely steep rough and rocky slopes in all aspects, small wet loose-snow avalanches are possible, triggerable by winter sports enthusiasts in very steep terrain. Beware the risks of being swept along.

The snowpack surface is moist, during nights of clear skies it forms a thin melt-freeze crust which rapidly softens during the day if temperatures are mild, becoming moist and forfeiting its firmness. Recent snowdrift accumulations have settled, still trigger-prone on high ridgeline and summit slopes in shady aspects. The old snowpack is stable, moist and wet at ground level. Below 1500 m, hardly any snow on the ground, even on north-facing slopes.

The weekend will begin with variably cloudy skies, snowfall level will drop. At high altitudes the danger of dry-snow avalanches can increase somewhat.