2021-04-06T07:47:23+01:00 EN;Avalanche warning centre at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 drifting snow drifting snow Small snowdrift accumulations generating due to fresh snow and storm-strength winds. Further snowfall expected. 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-04-06T12:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 2 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 1 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 1 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 1 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 1 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 1 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 2 2021-04-06T00:00:00+01:00 2021-04-06T23:59:59+01:00 treeline 1 Storm-strength NW winds and 15-20 cm of fresh snow widespread are causing small snowdrift accumulations to be generated afresh. Bonding to the hard, often irregularly encrusted surfaces (melt-freeze and breakable crusts) in the old snowpack will be insufficient, prone to triggering. In eastern regions of the Bavarian Alps the drifts will be deposited atop thin, soft layers. Otherwise the old snowpack on sunny slopes and at intermediate altitudes is partly moist down to deeper layers, but largely very stable and compact. On south-facing slopes the fresh snow below 1600 m will be deposited on bare ground. The next few days will be cold, and further snowfall is anticipated. Avalanche danger is expected to rise slightly. Please note: public ski areas are currently not supervised or secured from avalanche dangers. Avalanche danger in the Bavarian Alps is moderate above the treeline. Main problem: snowdrifts. Small snowdrift accumulations can be triggered as a slab avalanche even by minimum additional loading, i.e. the weight of one single skier. Avalanche prone locations are found near ridgelines on some steep stopes in N-E-SW aspects and in wind-loaded gullies and bowls. Avalanches are predominantly small-sized, but can reach medium size. Apart from the risks of being buried in snow, the danger of falling deserves consideration. In very isolated cases, glide-snow avalanches are possible on smooth spots which have not yet discharged and in sparsely wooded zones.