Category: Current situation

A high-pressure front brought us fabulous wintery days last week through an inversion. Thus, it was colder in the valleys than in the mountains. Starting today, 02.01, weather conditions have changed. A cold front is bringing frequently strong winds, fresh snowdrift accumulations are now the major danger. They are easily triggered on steep shady slopes…

All signs currently point to the snowpack remaining prone to triggering over the holidays. In areas with the most snowfall, avalanches can be triggered especially in the masses of fresh snow and drifts. In inneralpine regions, fresh, often widespread drifts lie deposited atop marked persistent weak layers in the old snowpack. Avalanches can easily be…

On Friday, 20.12 a cold front is bringing generally 15 to 30 cm of fresh snow. Starting on Sunday, 22.12, and until 25.12, three rounds of precipitation. In northern and northwestern regions of North Tirol, intensive snowfall. Caution: avalanche danger will increase significantly. Current situation Not much snow on the ground The snow depths in…

There is currently not much snow in the mountains of Tirol. But there are weak, faceted layers inside the shallow snowpack regionally. In places where they are covered by a consolidated slab, they can be triggered by a person. Such avalanche prone locations are located mostly on very steep north and east-facing ridgeline slopes above…

A warm front and on its heels a cold front are bringing precipitation to the mountains. Despite an irregular snow cover, avalanche danger in outlying terrain should not be underestimated. Tomorrow, 7 December 2024, we are launching the daily publication of Avalanche Bulletins. Turbulent weather & uncertain snowfall forecast for Sunday, 08.12.2024 Tomorrow, Friday, 06.12.2024,…

After a “golden autumn” the weather turned changeable on 12.11. A striking cold front, and then a storm-low “Renate” struck esp. western regions starting on 20.11.2024, bringing 30-50cm of fresh snow, locally more. Strong-velocity high altitude winds transported lots in the heights. Beware fresh snowdrifts in steep terrain. In coming days in the regions with…

Two spells of southerly foehn brought lots of precipitation. Due to higher temperatures it frequently fell as rain even above 3000m. For that reason, lots of snowfall only accumulated in high alpine terrain in the Main Alpine Ridge regions. Freshly drifted masses were generated there which, for a brief time, require attentiveness. In addition, we…

Starting this weekend, Tirol’s glacier ski areas will all have launched their winter season. This prods us to give an initial brief estimate of current avalanche dangers. Fresh snow in the mountains We look back on an initially very warm, then very rainy/snowy September. In northern and eastern regions of Austria, September recorded more precipitation…