Allgäu Alps West

Fresh snow and drifts are highly prone to triggering

Fresh snow and drifts are highly prone to triggering

Fresh fallen and frequently covered older snowdrift accumulations are easily triggered, slab avalanches can be released even by minimum additional loading. Also naturally triggered avalanches are possible. Settling noises when treading the snowpack and fractures on the surface are indicators of imminent danger. Danger zones occur in wind-loaded steep terrain, behind sharp drops in the landscape, in gullies and bowls. Particularly in high-altitude west, north and east-facing slopes, avalanches can fracture down to ground-level layers of the snowpack and grow to large size. I

There has been 40cm of fresh snow registered widespread, locally as much as 50cm, often deposited atop soft layers of fresh fallen snow from previous days, covering older snowdrift accumulations in many cases. Particularly in high-altitude ridgeline and pass areas, fresh drifts have been generated, frequently blanketed by graupel. The mid-part of the snowpack consists of well-consolidated, compact layers which in shady slopes blanket a poorly-structured snowpack fundament.

Often limited visibility due to fog and remaining snow shower. During the daytime hours, slight improvement in weather conditions with a few sunny intervals, especially in the Bregenzerwald mountains. But visibility remains poor. Temperature at 2000m: from -11 to -7 degrees; at 3000m: -16 to -11 degrees. Moderate to brisk easterly winds at high altitude.

No significant change to start with