Werdenfels Alps

Frequency of avalanche prone locations increases slightly due to new snow.

Frequency of avalanche prone locations increases slightly due to new snow.

Avalanche danger above 2000m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Snowdrifts create problematic situations. Slab avalanches can be triggered even by the weight of one sole person. Avalanche prone locations occur in very steep ridgeline terrain in all aspects as well as in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. The releases will mostly be small-sized. The risks of being swept along outweigh those of being buried in snow masses.

Close to ridgelines, wind from varying directions and a bit of snow will generate trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations that will be deposited atop older snowdrifts or loose snow. Wind-exposed east-facing crests and ridges are frequently heavily corniced. In north-facing terrain there are soft layers underneath a melt-freeze crust in the uppermost part of the snowpack. The old snowpack base is stable, at intermediate altitudes slightly moist down to the ground.

Snowdrifts are consolidating. Frequency of danger zones will decrease.