2021-03-20T18:23:48+01:00 EN;Avalanche warning centre at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 drifting snow drifting snow Heed fresh trigger-sensitive snowdrifts above the timberline and loose snow avalanches in very steep terrain. 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 3 2021-03-21T12:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 3 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 3 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 3 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 3 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 3 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 3 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 3 2021-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 2021-03-21T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 During Saturday night the skies temporarily clear up, before northwesterly winds rise and generate fresh trigger-sensitive snowdrift accumulations. Weak intermediate layers with graupel are embedded in the new snow of the last few days. At intermediate altitudes, the bonding with the old snow is good, but deteriorates with ascending altitude. At lower altitudes the snow is deposited on previously bare ground and is wet at ground level. Avalanche danger levels are not expected to change significantly. Please note: public ski areas are currently not supervised or secured from avalanche dangers. Considerable avalanche danger in the Bavarian Alps above the timberline. The main problem stems from fresh snowdrift accumulations that are generated during Saturday night and during the course of the day on Sunday. These can be triggered as small to medium-sized slab avalanches even by low additional loading such as a single skier or snowboarder. Avalanche prone locations are found on steep slopes adjacent to ridgelines in N/E/W aspects as well as in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Where more deeply embedded weak layers are triggered avalanches can grow to large size. In addition, the large quantities of fresh snow which have fallen in the last few days can release spontaneously in the form of loosely packed or slab avalanches, in particular in steep rocky terrain. At intermediate altitudes spontaneously released avalanches tend to be small; at high altitudes they can grow to large size. Additionally, above 1800 m small to medium-sized glide snow avalanches are possible on slopes with smooth ground surfaces. Glide cracks are indicators of imminent danger.