Werdenfels Alps

Reverse if the sinking depth is great!

Reverse if the sinking depth is great!

The avalanche risk is moderate. Wet snow is the problem. Wet loose snow avalanches detach themselves from the extremely steep terrain in all aspects of the slope or can be easily triggered. The focus of loose snow avalanches is increasingly in the higher elevations. Wet gliding avalanches occur at medium altitudes on steep slopes with a smooth surface. Wet avalanches reach medium size.

An overcast sky and plus temperatures up to the summits also ensure further soaking of the remaining snowpack on shady slopes. It is increasingly losing its stratification. At high altitudes, there are a few centimetres of soft, moist snow on a largely stable old snowpack. In places, layers of faceted crystals have been preserved deeper in the snowpack at high altitudes exposed to the north.

With cooler temperatures, the wet snow problem slowly decreases.