Category: Current situation

Unfavorable influences raising avalanche danger regionally to High. The forecast of fresh snow for 8 December (often 20-30 cm) combined with strong winds, low temperatures and a snowpack which is already prone to triggering are leading to an increase in avalanche danger. The danger level will reach High in the areas of major precipitation during…

 Alarm signals – take them seriously! This year’s seasonal launch is a corker. Following the last two significant rounds of precipitation (26-29.11 and 30.11-01.12) avalanche danger levels shot up considerably, just as forecast. We are in the uppermost reaches of Danger Level 3 (Considerable), very close to the level known as “Skiers’ 4” with very…

After a “golden autumn” comes the launch of winter Meteorologists are of one opinion: the weather is changing over the long term. Right on time for winter’s meteorological start, wintery temperatures are expected throughout Tirol. To begin with, more snowfall is anticipated in the southern and southeastern regions of the land, then the precipitation will…

Heads up: winter sports participants can trigger slab avalanches in high alpine regions! Problem zones are above approximately 2800 m. Up to a metre of fresh snow The onset of winter in Tirol’s mountains arrived in two thrusts: on 1-2 November and on 3-4 November, bringing up to 100 cm of fresh snow in places,…

Cold front brings snow to high alpine regions Following stormy bouts with a southerly foehn wind, then a cold front, it turned wintery along the Main Alpine Ridge in Tirol. Between 04.10 and 07.10.2021, measurement stations registered generally between 20 and 80 mm of precipitation, in some cases more than 100 mm. However, due to…

Coolest spring for at least 25 years – Still lots of snow in the mountains The ZAMG Weather Service recently informed us that spring 2021 is the coolest we have had in the last quarter of a century at least. Similar temperatures prevailed for the last time in 1996 and 1991, a notch cooler still…

 Regionally still lots of snow in the mountains During a period of overly cool, highly variable weather, the snow depths in high alpine regions are still increasing. Very wintery conditions continue to reign there unchangingly. This coincides with the reports of ZAMG Weather Service: spring was this cool in 1996 and 1991. Overall snow depths…

 The winter just doesn’t want to stop… Over the last few days, a strong southerly foehn wind was blowing in the mountains. Today (11.05) the foehn collapsed. In the southern regions, precipitation has set in. In the northern regions a cold front from the west will move in during the evening/nighttime hours. Windspeeds reach nearly…

Sudden warmth impulse harbors heightened wet-snow avalanche potential Still lots of snow in the mountains The ZAMG Weather Service today published a notice of striking and powerful impulses of warmth which will bring about increased snowmelt between Sunday, 9 May and latest Wednesday, 12 May. It is a result of the still immense amounts of…