Allgäu Alps West

Main dangers: persistent weak layer and gliding snow

Main dangers: persistent weak layer and gliding snow

Due to daytime warming and solar radiation, mostly small-sized wet loose-snow avalanches are possible. Also glide-snow avalanches continue to be naturally triggerable on steep, smooth slopes. On shady high-altitude slopes, older snowdrift accumulations are still prone to triggering. In general, only small slab avalanches can be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts. In addition, slab avalanches can be triggered in the old snow in places by large additional loading. Caution urged on high-altitude, very steep shady slopes.

The snowpack has been weakened up to high altitudes through rain impact. As a result of nocturnal outgoing radiation the snowpack can consolidate superficially. In the daytime hours it softens up, particularly on sunny slopes, and the danger of wet-snow avalanches rises somewhat. Older snowdrift accumulations on shady, high-altitude slopes are still prone to triggering. Particularly on high-altitude shady slopes, faceted intermediate layers occur inside the snowpack. They can often be triggered.

Very sunny and mild in the mountains, the air is extraordinarily dry. Temperature at 2000m: +5 degrees, at 3000m: +1 degree. High-altitude winds are southwesterly, blowing at light to moderate strength.

The danger of dry-snow avalanches continues to decrease. Danger of wet-snow avalanches is subject to a daily danger cycle, rising slightly during the daytime.