Chiemgau Alps East

Blown-in areas should be avoided.

Blown-in areas should be avoided.

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line and low below it. The main problem is wind slab. Slab avalanches can be triggered with little additional load. Avalanche prone locations are adjacent to ridgelines on steep slopes with aspects from north-west to north to south, as well as in gullies and bowls. Avalanches can reach medium size. The number and size of avalanche prone locations increase with altitude. Especially at high altitudes (above 2000 m), avalanches can sometimes tear through very steep shady slopes to deeper weak layers in the old snowpack.

In places, fresh and older wind slab lies on graupel, surface hoar or thin wind and melt-freeze crusts that are prone to triggering. The connection to the old snowpack deteriorates with altitude. In addition, weak intermediate layers are embedded within the wind slab, which have formed during breaks in precipitation. Some of the wind slab is soft and difficult to recognise. At higher altitudes, there are still some deeper weak layers of faceted crystals in the snowpack. There is a widespread lack of old snowpack on the south side. At lower elevations, the old snowpack is damp or wet.

Further increase in avalanche danger with storms and new fallen snow at the beginning of the week.