Chiemgau Alps East

Too little snow for ski tours off the secured pistes.

Too little snow for ski tours off the secured pistes.

The avalanche risk is low. Occasionally, fresh wind slab snow is problematic above the tree line. Small snow slabs can be triggered in a few places in steep terrain in the north-west to north to east aspects. The risk of falling and injury is greater than the danger of burial.

Occasionally, small snow slabs can also be triggered in persistent weak layers. This is particularly conceivable on very steep shady slopes above 1800 metres with a high additional load.

In some places, small snowdrift accumulations lie on surface hoar, soft powder or thin wind and melt-freeze crusts prone to triggering on the old snow surface. Individual, poor snow cover test results indicate that it is still possible to trigger snow slabs in deeper, built-up layers at higher elevations. 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. Overall, there is little snow.

The risk of avalanches increases with new fallen snow and storms.