Author: Jeffrey McCabe

Avalanches involving persons with definitely no injuries, i.e. where help is unnecessary, are called “negative avalanches” by Avalanche Headquarters in Tirol. In order to avoid all cost-intensive avalanche operations, we appeal to winter sports enthusiasts to report all negative avalanches to headquarters. Please call Avalanche Emergency tel. no. 140 to report these directly! Please also…

Breaking news: Big daytime rise in risks today (28.01.21). High avalanche danger. A warm front from the Atlantic has been generating our weather conditions since yesterday (27.01) and, consequently, also our avalanche conditions. Most of the precipitation is anticipated in the western, also in the northern regions of North Tirol. ZAMG Weather Service forecasts 40-60 cm…

Alarm bells of nature: naturally triggered slab avalanches, settling noises, fracture cracks, remote triggerings! From all corners of Tirol, a great many reports of an unusually trigger-sensitive snowpack came in today, 14 January. Settling noises, fracture cracks and (remote) triggerings of slab avalanches unrolled regularly in flat-to-moderately steep terrain. Artificial triggerings with explosives succeeded over…

Highly trigger-sensitive snowpack. Danger conditions for winter sports enthusiasts, with high risk of accidents. For that reason, please: exercise high restraint in the next few days!!! The swift rise in avalanche danger referred to in the last blog  has now occurred. Reports from our observers and from winter sports enthusiasts confirm the very high trigger-sensitivity of…

An abrupt end to a highly favourable avalanche situation  Right at the start an important message for all winter sports enthusiasts: as a result of the forecast snowfall between today, 12 January and Thursday, 14 January, including wind impact, avalanche danger levels will increase very swiftly. This is especially because of the effects the long period…

 Most of the current avalanche prone locations: in East Tirol and south of Gurgler Group Snowpack analysis and reports from observers confirm that slab avalanches can currently be triggered by winter sports enthusiasts in near-surface layers above all else. Near-surface weak layer, east-facing slope at 2450 m in Villgratental. Avalanche accident Pürglers Kunke on 06.02.2021…

Treacherous situation for winter sports enthusiasts in East Tirol. Snowpack is highly prone to triggering! In East Tirol there is a situation similar to that of 28 December when snowfall and strong winds were forecast to strike the southern regions. Accordingly, an avalanche situation which is already delicate is being ratcheted up another degree. It’s clear…