Berchtesgaden Alps

Caution: small snowdrift accumulations at high altitudes

Avalanche danger not expected to change significantly. As clouds move in, snow will moisten thoroughly also on shady slopes at intermediate altitudes (due to some rainfall).

Caution: small snowdrift accumulations at high altitudes

Avalanche danger is low. At high altitudes, small-area snowdrift accumlations can be prone to triggering as slab avalanches even by one sole person, esp. on very steep ridgeline terrain on NW/N/E facing slopes. Apart from the danger of being buried in snow masses, the risks of being swept along and forced to take a fall require adequate caution. On extremely steep sunny slopes, in addition, isolated small wet loose-snow avalanches can release during the course of the day. On steep grass-covered slopes, small glide-snow avalanches cannot be ruled out.

At high altitudes, shallow snowdrifts have accumulated, lie deposited atop faceted, expansively metamorphosed surfaces and are poorly bonded with them. On shady slopes where snow is shallow, isolated layers of faceted crystals persist more deeply embedded inside the snowpack, but they are unlikely to trigger. On sunny slopes the ground is bare of snow up to high altitudes. The remains of the snowpack are melt-freeze encrusted in early morning. Due to solar radiation, bonding disperses in near-surface snow, it becomes soft.