Category: Incident
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Avalanche accident Gamskarspitze, Western Verwall Massif, 31.12.19
On 31.12.2019, Tirol headquarters reported an avalanche below the Gamskarspitze in the western Verwall Massif just after 1:30 pm. One person was caught by the avalanche, was swept along several hundred metres and completely buried. The person died on the scene of the accident. On 01.01 we were on-site with the state helicopter together with…
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Avalanche accident in freeriding terrain of Sölden’s glacier zone
Today on 9 November, headquarters in Tirol reported an afternoon avalanche on the Rettenbachferner in Ötztal valley. It was a slab avalanche that triggered when 2 persons were in theier descent path. The accident slope is on the shady flank at about 2800 m and is dotted with rocks. The red elliptical zone indicates the…
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The Zwölferkogel and Ammerwald Avalanches
The Zwölferkogel Avalanche Overview of Zwölferkogel avalanche on 23.02.2019. The avalanche extended to the Finstertal reservoir (2300 m). photo: 24.02.2019) Yesterday, on 24.02, we examined the site of the accident below the Zwölferkogel in the Kühtai where a person died. As described in the previous blog, it was a small slab avalanche. The cause was…
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Short update on avalanches in Tirol
Tirol headquarters was informed about three avalanches with persons involved today, 23.02.2019: Ammerwald, vicinity of Plansee Avalanche in Ammerwald This was a glide-snow avalanche. According to currently available information, one person died, one person was injured, one is still missing. The search has been temporarily interrupted, will be continued tomorrow. Details will follow. Zwölferkogel at…
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Regional old-snow problem in southern territories. Fatal avalanche accident Laserztörl in Lienz Dolomites
Following the heavy snowfall, a favourable snowpack structure prevails in far-reaching parts of Tirol. Nevertheless, we face an old-snow problem in the Central Stubai Alps region of North Tirol and the East Tirol regions south of the Venediger range: the further south you go, the more striking it becomes. This was demonstrated by wide-ranging snowpack…
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Avalanche events of recent days
This blog entry is intended to provide a brief overview of the avalanche events of the last few days. For details, please consult here: most of these events occurred in the regions which are currently ranked with “considerable danger” (in addition in the Arlberg region). In those regions in an altitude band between 2200 and 2700 m,…
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Avalanches involving persons, one fatality. Cause: fresh snowdrifts and weak old snow.
At headquarters in Tirol today we were informed about 6 avalanches in which people were involved: Glorer Refuge and Marchkinkelle in East Tirol; Rettenbachferner Glacier, Serleskamm, Giggijoch and Hohe Mut in North Tirol. The last of these took human life. According to initial information of the Alpine Police, it was a large-scale release below the…