Danger level

2000m

Wind slab

2000m

In particular at high altitudes limited-scope snowdrifts prone to triggering.

Avalanche danger above 2000m is moderate, below that altitude danger is low. Snowdrifts are the main problem which can be triggered as slab avalanches by minimum additional loading. Avalanches tend to be small, medium-sized releases are possible in areas with large quantities of new snow. Avalanche prone locations are found in steep N/E-facing ridgeline terrain as well as in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Frequency and size increase with ascending altitude. On very steep slopes with sufficient snow over smooth ground small glide-snow avalanches are possible, primarily in the Allgäu.

Snowpack

5cm to 15cm of new fallen snow -- at high altitudes in the Berchtesgaden Alps in places up to about 20 cm - and wind have generated small-scale snowdrifts. In some places layers are embedded in the snowdrifts that are prone to triggering. On shady side slopes above 2000m the snowdrifts were in addition deposited atop faceted (expansively metamorphosed) crystals and are prone to triggering. Whereas at intermediate altitudes the snowdrifts have bonded well with the moist old snowpack surface. Here, the snowpack is moist down to deeply embedded layers and wet at the ground.

Tendency

Avalanche danger decreases slowly.

Danger level

2000m

Wind slab

2000m

Conditions by and large favorable. There is little snow on the ground.

Avalanche danger is low. Small-scale snowdrifts can be triggered as small slab avalanches by minimum additional loading. The few avalanche prone locations are found in steep N/E-facing ridgeline terrain as well as in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. This applies in particular to high altitudes. On very steep slopes with sufficient snow over smooth ground small glide-snow avalanches cannot be excluded.

Snowpack

At intermediate altitudes some centimeters of new fallen snow and shallow snowdrifts were deposited either on bare ground or atop a moist old snowpack surface with which it has bonded well. With ascending altitude the bonding will become poorer, especially on shady side slopes above approx. 2000m. In places, the snowdrifts, too, can contain layers that are prone to triggering. However, the amounts of new fallen snow are small. At intermediate altitudes the old snowpack is thoroughly moist, and wet down to the ground. Barely any change of avalanche danger anticipated.

Tendency