Category: Incident

 In a nutshell… Yesterday (28.03) several winter sports enthusiasts were awfully lucky. Shady slopes above about 2300m are currently the most dangerous. In those regions with lots of fresh snow, please exercise immense restraint. Background of the avalanchesWe report on two avalanches: one on Gampberg in the western Verwall Massif, one on Nörderberg in the…

 Numerous avalanches involving persons We are facing an extraordinary and dangerous situation for winter sports enthusiasts, with high avalanche danger above 1600 m. Confirmation of this during the last two days came from numerous avalanches in which persons were involved. This morning (04.02) there were 29 reports made to headquarters in Tirol. Yesterday (03.02) there…

 First avalanche fatality of this winter season The course of the accident Yesterday, 25.01.2023 a person lost his life in an avalanche beneath the Widerschwing on the Carnic Ridge. Four persons were involved in the avalanche, a group of 3 friends and a single person who followed the trio of friends through part of an…

Treacherous avalanche situation continues Right off the bat: particularly in the western regions, but also in northern East Tirol, we have a tenacious problem with a persistent weak layer which is quite pronounced. This problem begins at about 2200m (generally at 2400m), to start with on shady slopes, later frequently on west-facing and east-facing slopes.…

Top priority: persistent weak layer still treacherous – danger zones also on sunny slopes The persistent weak layer is still treacherous. It starts at about 2000m altitude, occurs mostly on shady slopes to begin with, with increasing altitude also on sunny slopes. This has been confirmed by several avalanches in the last few days which…

In just two days, 8 persons lost their lives in three avalanche accidents. One accident occurred on Fliesser Berg in the Samnaun Massif (5 dead), one occurred near the Breiteggspitze in the western Kitzbühel Alps (2 dead) and one occurred near the Gammerspitze in Schmirntal in the northern Zillertal Alps (1 dead). Today we analysed…

Following the report of a missing person and a difficult nocturnal search operation, shortly after midnight on 05.02 an avalanche slightly south of the Breiteggspitze in the western Kitzbühel Alps was discovered. Two persons were located with the help of an LVS beacon. They were dug out of the avalanche but had already died. The…

Again today, 04.02.2022, numerous avalanches involving persons were reported to headquarters. In one avalanche in the Samnaun Massif near Fliesser Stieralpe, 5 people were killed. In other avalanches at Steinalm near Aurach in Kitzbühel and in Rettenbachtal, Sölden, persons were gravely injured. Avalanche Accident Fliesser Stieralpe  The avalanche accident occurred during the descent of a…

Unusually many avalanches reported to Tirol Headquarters Extraordinary is the only way to describe the day with regard to avalanches reported to  Headquarters Tirol. In sum, there were 26 (!): 09:56 am: avalanche Ski Area Rohrberg / Zell/Ziller (unknown persons buried) 10:01 am: avalanche Ski Area Horberg / Schwendau (unknown persons buried) 10:06 am: negative avalanche Adler…