Werdenfels Alps

Take care when entering gullies and bowls!

Take care when entering gullies and bowls!

The avalanche risk is moderate above 2000 metres and low below. The main problem is wind slab. Slab avalanches can be triggered sporadically with little additional load. Avalanche prone locations are adjacent to ridgelines and distant from ridgelines in steep terrain with aspects from northwest to north to east as well as at the entrance to gullies and bowls. They increase in number and size with altitude. Avalanches can become medium-sized - when they tear through deeper weak layers in the persistent weak layer.

Below 1500 metres, the snowpack will be superficially moist. At higher altitudes, a few centimetres of new fallen snow cover a compact old snowpack. This is dominated on the surface by wind and melting snow layers. Beneath these, prone to triggering weak layers of faceted crystals can be found in places. The base of the snowpack often consists of large-grained, gritty snow. In wind-protected, shady slopes at higher altitudes, there is still well-set powder snow. South-facing slopes are only slightly covered with snow.

The avalanche danger is slowly decreasing.