Chiemgau Alps East

Backcountry tours should be terminated early in the day

Backcountry tours should be terminated early in the day

Avalanche danger in the Bavarian mountains rises from low to moderate above 1500 m during the course of the day. Main danger: wet-snow avalanches. In isolated cases, wet snow can be a threat. On very steep slopes where there is enough snow, small wet loose-snow avalanches can trigger naturally. On steep slopes which are smooth, glide-snow avalanches can release. Circumvent glide cracks. Glide-snow avalanches can grow to medium size.

The snowpack in Bavaria is thoroughly wet well up to intermediate altitudes and wet down to the ground. Variably cloud skies on Monday night will help a thin melt-freeze crust to form. This will then soften up during the daytime on Tuesday, and the snowpack forfeit firmness, premitting wet-snow anda glide-snow avalanches to trigger. At high altitudes there are soft layers which persist beneath older snowdrift accumulations, though these are unlikely to trigger. Small snowdrift patches can still be generated adjacent to ridgelines. Below 1500m there is no longer much snow on the ground.

A slight daytime cycle of avalanche danger will persist over coming days, sunshine and warm temperatures will abide.