Chiemgau Alps East

In leeward zones, small snowdrifts are in some places deposited atop loose snow layers. Locally, graupel is embedded near the surface. In the old snowpack at higher altitudes there are weak intermediate layers of faceted crystals embedded close to crusts which are, however, hardly worth mentioning. Otherwise the old snowpack is stable and compact. The snowpack depths in the terrain vary strongly; gullies and bowls are filled to the brim with drifted snow. On shady high altitude slopes there is frequently still powder. A nocturnal thin crust can form at lower altitudes and in south aspects that softens again during the course of the day; thus the snowpack forfeits its firmness. Below 2000m the snowpack base is frequently moist, as a result the snow masses can start gliding.

Due to calm weather the danger of dry slab avalanches will recede further.