Category: Incident
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Another avalanche accident near Breiteggspitze in western Kitzbühel Alps – 2 dead
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…
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More avalanches in Tirol. Fatal accident near Fliesser Stieralpe/Samnaun Massif – 5 dead
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…
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Numerous avalanches involving persons
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…
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Analysis of avalanche accident Venet on 11.12.2021
Course of events and Avalanche facts Today (12.12) we were at the scene of the accident together with the Alpine Police and other experts. The research of the Alpine Police resulted in the following course of events: Six youths descended three times orographically left of the subsequent avalanche, quite near the secured ski slope in…
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Fatal avalanche accident Venet
Today on 11.12.2021 there was a fatal avalanche accident which occurred in outlying terrain on the northern flank of the Venet south of Zams. Several persons were caught by a slab avalanche. One person was not able to be rescued, his body was salvaged in the course of a large-scale search operation. Two persons were…
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Warning: Caution and Restraint – Snowpack highly trigger-sensitive in places – Several avalanches involving persons!
Several avalanches involving persons. High likelihood of avalanches being triggered by winter sports enthusiasts in some places…a “tense” level 3! Today on 1 December 2021, several avalanches were triggered by winter sports enthusiasts, one person suffered slight injuries. At the same time, we have received many reports of settling noises, glide cracks and even some…
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Information on avalanche incidents on Saturday, 8 May 2021
On Saturday, 8 May, numerous winter sports enthusiasts took advantage of the fine weather and mostly favourable conditions to venture into outlying terrain. The snow cover in early morning was well frozen, except in high alpine regions. Wonderful firn snow could frequently be enjoyed on the descents. During the day, the uppermost part of the…
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Avalanche accident Grosser Zunig (East Tirol): one fatality, one severe injury
At 1.00 pm on 17.04 Headquarters Tirol received an emergency call about an avalanche accident on Grosser Zunig south of Matrei in East Tirol. Two backcountry tourers were caught by a slab during their descent and swept over rocky terrain. One person died at the scene of the accident, the second person was flown to…
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Heightened natural triggerings. Plus local old-snow problem on shady, shallow-snow, very steep slopes. Avalanche analysis: Brennerspitze.
Unusually warm: time window shrinking for backcountry tours. Naturally triggered avalanches increasing. We are currently experiencing a phase of unseasonably warm weather. The zero-degree level today lies at 3300m, according to ZAMG Weather Service. Despite nights of clear skies and outgoing longwave radiation with resultant cooling, the snowpack rapidly softens up during the daytime. Avalanche…
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Avalanche accident Brennerspitze in northern Stubai Alps. Caution in coming days: swift daily rise in danger.
Avalanche accident Brennerspitze Today 28.03, an accident occurred below the Brennerspitze in Oberbergtal, a side valley of the Stubaital. One person skiing down from the summit was caught by a slab avalanche, swept along and totally buried. The person needed to be resuscitated and flown to the clinic in Innsbruck. The avalanche accident recalls that…