Chiemgau Alps East

Favorable conditions for backcountry tours

Favorable conditions for backcountry tours

Avalanche danger is low. In isolated cases snowdrift accumulations can still be a problem. On a few extremely steep slopes, in particular adjacent to ridgelines in N/W aspects as well as in wind-loaded gullies and bows, relatively small slab avalanches can be triggered, mostly by large additional loading. In addition, isolated small wet loose snow or glide snow avalanches can trigger naturally on sun-exposed slopes. Avalanche activity will increase slightly in line with the daytime danger cycle.

All in all, the snowpack has settled well and is by and large stable. In shady terrain the snow is powdery, in sunny terrain it is encrusted in the morning, in the afternoon the snowpack surface is wet. Adjacent to ridgelines snowdrift accumulations are partly still prone to triggering, in particular where deposited atop soft layers or where weak layers are embedded. At intermediate altitude the snowpack base is frequently wet and thus enables gliding movements of the snow masses over smooth surfaces.

For the time being avalanche danger remains low.