Bavarian Prealps West

Avoid fresh wind slab!

Avoid fresh wind slab!

The avalanche risk is low and increases to moderate from midday as the wind picks up above the tree line. Fresh wind slab becomes problematic during the daytime changes. Small slab avalanches can then be triggered in some places by even a small additional load. Avalanche prone locations are in the steep terrain adjacent to ridgelines in the north-west, north to south-east aspects as well as in gullies and bowls. The risk of falling and injury is greater than the danger of burial.

Persistent weak layers are problematic all day long. Small slab avalanches can occasionally be triggered on very steep shady slopes with large additional loads.

With south-westerly winds, small, fresh snowdrift accumulations develop at altitude. They come to rest prone to triggering on surface hoar and soft layers. The old snowpack consists of large, angular and rounded crystals and is partly interspersed with melt-freeze crusts. There is little or no snow up to high altitudes on the sunny slopes.

With foehn storms, prone to triggering snowdrift accumulations continue to grow, especially at high altitudes.