Werdenfels Alps

Caution: Danger of falling!

Caution: Danger of falling!

The avalanche danger is moderate above 1800m; below that altitude it is low. The main danger stems from the new snow of the last few days which can be triggered even by a single skier. However, slab avalanches tend to stay small. Avalanches can trigger in very steep terrain in all aspects. Furthermore, older but partly still trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations persist in steep terrain adjacent to ridgelines and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls.

The fresh snow of recent days was deposited atop a melt-freeze encrusted, compact and largely stable old snowpack and at intermediate altitudes is widely blanketed by a thin ice crust or a melt-freeze crust. At higher altitude, in places trigger-sensitive interim layers are embedded in the uppermost layers of the snowpack, and the snow masses can glide over the encrusted surfaces. The sun moistens during the course of the day on sunny slopes. All in all, the snowpack depths are below average, at lower altitudes a solid snow base is lacking in many places.

Avalanche danger is expected to recede further amid stable high-pressure front conditions.