Chiemgau Alps East

Slab avalanches can still be triggered by individual skiers.

Slab avalanches can still be triggered by individual skiers.

The avalanche risk is considerable. The main problem is wet snow. Below 1800 m, gliding avalanches on steep slopes with smooth ground, such as on mountain meadows, in gappy deciduous forest or on rock slabs, release themselves. Staying in areas below glide cracks should be avoided. Wet loose snow avalanches mainly occur in extremely steep terrain. Wet avalanches can reach medium size and hit exposed transportation routes.

The new snow problem must also be taken into account above 1500 metres. Medium-sized slab avalanches can be triggered on steep slopes of all aspects by low additional loads. The proneness to triggering increases with increasing altitude.

Up to 1800 m, the soaking of the snowpack by rain is progressing. At medium altitudes, the snowpack base is mostly wet. In addition, snowdrift accumulations can be found in all aspects. At higher altitudes, they are often prone to triggering on graupel, old surface hoar, soft intermediate layers or in the area of thin crusts on faceted crystals. Above 1800 m, there are weak layers of faceted crystals in the snowpack on shady slopes.

The avalanche situation remains tense.