Chiemgau Alps East

Increasing wet snow problem at intermediate altitudes. All in all not much snow.

Increasing wet snow problem at intermediate altitudes. All in all not much snow.

In the morning avalanche danger is generally low, but later rises to moderate in line with the daytime danger cycle. The main problem are fresh snowdrifts at higher altitudes which can trigger even by minimum additional loading in some places. Avalanche prone locations are found in particular in extreme and steep terrain in N/E aspects as well as in freshly wind-loaded gullies. Slab avalanches generally remain small-sized. Caution: danger of falling. In places with still enough snow the danger of wet avalanches increases due to solar radiation and daytime warming. Small loose snow, slab and glide snow avalanches release on steep sun-exposed slopes. This applies in particular to steep rocky terrain and steep grass-covered slopes.

Friday will see increasingly brisk southwesterly wind which will generate limited-spread snowdrifts at higher altitudes which are prone to triggering. Elsewhere the 10 cm of newly fallen snow were deposited atop an encrusted thoroughly moist compact old snowpack on the sunny side or else as powder on a thoroughly moist compact old snowpack. As a consequence of mild temperatures and sunshine these snowpack layers will become increasingly moist and the bonding with the old snowpack will deteriorate. The old snowpack is frequently wet down to the ground which promotes gliding movements of the snowpack over the ground. Below 1500 m, the ground is becoming increasingly bare on the sunny side.

The next few days will see the onset of spring-like conditions including a wet avalanche daytime danger cycle.