Chiemgau Alps East

The snowpack is completely soaked

The snowpack is completely soaked

Avalanche danger above 1400 m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Glide snow is the biggest problem at intermediate altitudes. Wet glide snow avalanches can release at any time on smooth grass-covered slopes with still enough snow. They are generally small; however, medium-sized avalanches cannot be excluded. Due to rainfall, smaller wet loose snow avalanches can also release on very steep slopes. At highest summits also beware snowdrifts, in particular on steep N/E/S-facing ridgeline slopes. Slab avalanches tend to be small. The danger of falling requires attentiveness!

At intermediate altitudes rains falls on a thoroughly wet snowpack. Minor amounts of new snow are falling at higher altitudes accompanied by westerly winds. Small snowdrifts are generated. In places, weak layers can exist within the fresh and older snowdrifts. The older snowdrifts bond in most places well with the moist to wet old snowpack surface. Frequently the snow cover is wet down to the ground, resulting in gliding movements over the smooth ground. Melt-freeze crusts and marked boundary layers are disintegrating more and more. At lower altitudes and on wind-exposed crests the ground is becoming increasingly bare. Below 1400 m there is barely any snow left.

Thanks to more stable weather avalanche danger will recede further on the weekend.