Allgäu Alps Central

Glide-snow avalanches can trigger at any time of day or night.

Glide-snow avalanches can trigger at any time of day or night.

Avalanche danger above 1500 m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Gliding snow is the main problem. On very steep slopes in all aspects, wet glide-snow avalanches can release naturally over smooth ground. Avalanches tend to be small sized, but can grow to medium size in isolated cases. Furthermore, it is possible that small wet loose snow avalanches trigger spontaneously in extremely steep terrain during the course of the day, in particular due to solar radiation. Isolated small dry slab avalanches can release on very steep high altitude slopes close to ridgelines in W/N/E aspects.

During the course of a partly clear night a melt-freeze crust capable of bearing loads will form atop the moist snowpack which will soften again during th course of the day. In many places the snowpack is wet down to the ground. Possibility of gliding movements over smooth ground. At high altitudes there are a few centimeters of loose superficial snow. Here and there, small snowdrift patches have formed. In isolated cases, a weak layer can persist near the ground on shady side slopes at highest altitude. In south aspects, the snowpack has become patchy even at high altitude.

Snowfall is forecast for Saturday, thus, the danger of dry avalanches will increase.