Wind slab
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- Above 2,000 m
Avalanche forecast
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Avalanche danger
- Above 2,000 m
- 2 · Moderate
- Below 2,000 m
- 1 · Low
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Highlights
Fresh and older wind slabs are prone to triggering.
Avalanche problems
Avalanche Activity
Fresh and older wind slabs are prone to triggering.
The avalanche danger is moderate above 2000 metres and low below that. In some places, wind slab avalanches can be triggered as small to medium sized slab avalanches at high altitudes by a small additional load. This occurs adjacent to the ridgeline, crest or summit and distant from ridgelines in steep terrain in northern and eastern aspects as well as in gullies and bowls. In addition to the risk of burial, the risk of being swept away and falling must be taken into account.
Snowpack Structure
Stormy winds are transporting the snow. Fresh and older snowdrift accumulations are sometimes prone to triggering on surface hoar, especially on the shady slopes. Intermediate layers prone to triggering can also be found within the wind slab. At higher and higher altitudes, faceted crystals can often be found underneath a melt-freeze crust close to the surface. A few centimetres of new fallen snow, up to high altitudes on the sunny slopes.
Tendency
Slow decline in avalanche danger.
Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Bavaria (CC BY 4.0)