Allgäu Alps Central

With new fallen snow and stormy westerly winds, prone to triggering snowdrift accumulations.

With new fallen snow and stormy westerly winds, prone to triggering snowdrift accumulations.

The avalanche risk is considerable above the tree line and low below it. Wind slab avalanches are problematic. Medium-sized slab avalanches can be triggered in many places even with a small additional load. Avalanche prone locations are located on steep slopes with aspects ranging from north-west to north to south-east, as well as in gullies and bowls. They increase in number and size with altitude.

Occasionally, medium slab avalanches can also be triggered in persistent weak layers. This is particularly conceivable on very steep shady slopes above 1800 m with a high additional load, for example if a superficial avalanche breaks through into deep, weak layers.

The wind over the last few days has moved the snow over a large area and the wind slab has deposited in areas protected from the wind. In places, it lies on graupel, surface hoar or thin wind and melt-freeze crusts that are prone to triggering. In addition, weak intermediate layers are embedded in the wind slab, which have formed during breaks in precipitation. Individual, poor snow cover test results indicate that deeper layers consisting of faceted crystals above around 1800 m are still prone to triggering. There is a lack of old snowpack up to high altitudes on the south side, and exposed terrain on the west side is often blown off. At lower altitudes (below 1500 m), the old snowpack is damp or wet.

No significant change.