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Caution: wind-generated snowdrift accumulations
Caution: wind-generated snowdrift accumulations
Avalanche danger above 1800m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Main problem: snowdrift accumulations which can be triggered by one sole persons on S/W/NW facing slopes near ridgelines.On steep slopes with smooth ground, isolated medium sized glide-snow avalanches can trigger naturally below 2000 m. As a result of solar radiation, the fresh snow in steep terrain can release as a small loose-snow avalanche.
The shallow snowpack is consolidating at intermediate altitudes and consolidating at the lower temperatures. The snowpack base is wet in many places. The old snowpack at high altitudes has settled well and old snowdrift accumulations are well bonded with each other. Gusty winds on Sunday night transported the snow, generated small snowdrift accumulations. If the drifts are deposited atop blanketed loose snow they can be prone to triggering. Below 1500m there is not much snow on the ground.
Swift bonding of snowdrifts to old snowpack due to solar radiation
Bulletin data: Avalanche Warning Service Bavaria (CC BY 4.0)