2021-01-27T18:17:47+01:00 EN;Avalanche warning centre at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 drifting snow drifting snow Increasing avalanche danger due to fresh snow and stormy NW winds. Caution: wet-snow avalanches below 1500 m. 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 3 2021-01-28T12:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T11:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T12:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 4 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T11:59:59+01:00 1500 2 2021-01-28T12:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T11:59:59+01:00 1500 2 2021-01-28T12:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T11:59:59+01:00 1500 2 2021-01-28T12:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T11:59:59+01:00 1500 2 2021-01-28T12:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T11:59:59+01:00 1500 2 2021-01-28T12:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 2021-01-28T00:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T11:59:59+01:00 1500 2 2021-01-28T12:00:00+01:00 2021-01-28T23:59:59+01:00 1500 3 The Bavarian Alps received a minor bout of fresh snow on Wednesday, the fresh snow lies loose and unbonded on top of wide-ranging snowdrift accumulations from recent days. Powdery, cold layers beneath the bonded fresh snow and thin layers of expansively metamorphosed (faceted) crystals inside older snowdrift deposits make the landscape still prone to triggering. The snowpack shows marked effects of wind: gullies and bowls are filled with drifts, combs and ridges are utterly windblown. As a result of stormy NW winds and fresh snow, more fresh snowdrift accumulations can be expected to form on Thursday. At intermediate altitudes, the cold snowpack will be gradually moistened by intensive rainfall and gradually higher temperatures, loss of firmness will be the upshot. Near to ground level above 1600 m, weak layers of faceted crystals have persisted, they are still prone to triggering in the eastern Bavarian Alps in particular. Rainfall up to 1500 m, snowdrifts at higher altitudes, are keeping the tense situation upright. Please note: ski areas are currently not being supervised or secured from avalanches. Avalanche danger in the Bavarian Alps is considerable widespread on Thursday morning, in the Allgau Alps then increasing to HIGH in the course of the day. Main problem: wide-ranging, freshly generated snowdrifts. Snowdrift accumulations increase in size and frequency with ascending altitude and can already be triggered by the weight of one single skier. The released slabs can grow to large size. Avalanche prone locations are found primarily in steep ridgeline terrain in N-E-S aspects, in freshly wind-loaded gullies and bowls, also behind protruberances and knolls distant from ridgelines, and in forest clearances. In wind-loaded steep zones where recent snowfall has been heavy, even large-sized loosely-packed and slab avalanches are possible, in the Allgau Alps in particular. At intermediate altitudes, isolated large-sized wet-snow avalanches are possible on Thursday as a result of rainfall and daytime warming. Exposed transportation routes and hiking trails are endangered.