Chiemgau Alps East

Beware falling!

Beware falling!

Avalanche danger is low. Fresh snowdrifts are the main problem. Small snowdrift accumulations can be triggered by 1 wintersports enthusiast in steep ridgeline terrain in N-E-S aspects. Avalanche prone locations are rare. The risks of taking a fall outweigh those of being buried in snow masses. It cannot be excluded that small glide snow avalanches release spontaneously on very steep slopes with smooth ground.

Even at higher altitudes the old snowpack has melted away and where still existent it is very compact. As temperatures are dropping the thoroughly wet snow freezes, thus becoming increasingly hard and icy, blanketed by new fallen snow. Close to ridgelines, heavy northwesterly winds are generating snowdrift accumulations. In particular at high altitudes snowdrifts can be prone to triggering; elsewhere the new snow has mostly bonded well with the old snow cover. At low altitudes the new snow is deposited on previously bare ground. The snowpack is wet at the base thus enabling gliding movements over smooth ground.

Due to partly heavy precipitations the danger of dry slab avalanches will rise over the next few days.