Allgäu Alps Central

On the main Allgäu crest isolated glide snow avalanches can reach large size.

On the main Allgäu crest isolated glide snow avalanches can reach large size.

Avalanche danger below 2000 m is considerable, below that altitude it is low. Wet and gliding snow are problematic. On very steep slopes with smooth ground glide snow avalanches can be expected to trigger naturally at any time. They are mostly medium-sized. Glide cracks are indicators of threatening danger. In extremely steep terrain, in particular where precipitation is heaviest, small to medium-sized loose snow avalanches can additionally release naturally due to rain ingress.

A thin melt-freeze crust forms during the night that melts again during the day due to rain ingress. Even above 2000 m the snowpack is completely moist and wet at ground level. In general, at high altitudes superficial, former weak layers underneath older snowdrifts are now no longer triggerable. There is barely any snow below 1500 m, even in north-facing terrain.

Avalanche danger changes little.