Chiemgau Alps East

Snowpack stable widespread

Snowpack stable widespread

Avalanche danger is low. Snowdrifts can be triggered by mostly large additional loading in the old snow, esp. in transitions from shallow to deep snow on steep shady slopes at high altitudes. Possible danger zones in shady, extremely steep high altitude terrain. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall require adequate consideration.

Nocturnal outgoing short-wave radiation is generating a melt-freeze crust on sunny slopes, softening up during the daytime hours. On the shady side, the snowpack surface is loose and powdery, the snowpack is stable widespread. More deeply embedded insdie the snowpack are isolated weak layers. The snowpack fundament is frequently wet. South-facing slopes are becoming increasingly bare of snow.

As temperatures rise, wet-snow problems will move into the foreground.