2021-02-01T19:50:17+01:00 EN;Avalanche warning centre at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 wet snow wet snow Wet snow avalanches due to warming and rain 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-02-02T12:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 Keine Höhengrenze 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 Keine Höhengrenze 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 Keine Höhengrenze 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 Keine Höhengrenze 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 Keine Höhengrenze 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 Keine Höhengrenze 2 2021-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 2021-02-02T23:59:59+01:00 2 As a result of rising temperatures the snowdrifts of recent days are increasingly settling and bonding. Above 2000 m fresh, trigger-sensitive spatially-limited snowdrift accumulations are generated during the night. At intermediate altitudes, the snow cover becomes also increasingly moist in the western regions where snowfall has been heaviest so that weak layers in melt-freeze encrusted areas are triggered. Above 1500 to 1700 m layers of faceted crystals have persisted near the ground. At low to intermediate altitudes the snowpack forfeits its firmness due to the rain. Below 1500 m, the base of the snowpack is in many places thoroughly moist to wet. Avalanche danger is not expected to change much. Please note: Ski runs are currently not being supervised or secured from avalanches. Avalanche danger in the Bavarian Alps is moderate. The main problem is wet snow. Where the wet snow has not yet discharged it can trigger as small to medium-sized loosely packed avalanches. Avalanche prone locations are found at low and intermediate altitudes on very steep slopes, in gullies, bowls, and forest clearances. In the Allgäu, Ammergau, and Werdenfels Alps, avalanche prone locations are more frequent. The avalanches can be bigger than in the eastern regions. With increasing penetration of moisture deep into the snowpack gliding activities of snow masses also increase in the western regions with ample snow. Above the timberline snowdrifts can still be triggered as slab avalanches close to the ridgelines and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls, in particular with high additional loading. Scope and size of avalanche prone locations increase with ascending altitude. Where deeply embedded weak layers are triggered, the avalanches can grow to large size.