2026-04-01T15:00:00Z Avalanche Service Lower Austria 2026-04-01T15:00:00Z Avalanche Service Lower Austria 2026-04-01T15:00:00Z 2026-04-02T15:00:00Z Avalanche.report 2 1 drifting snow steady 2026-04-02T15:00:00Z 2026-04-03T15:00:00Z The sky will remain mostly cloudy, with a few snowflakes falling in the northern congestion. Thick clouds will often prevail over the Lower Austrian mountain peaks on Maundy Thursday and it will occasionally snow lightly over the western peaks. Over the eastern mountain peaks, winds from the north will be stormy in places, but weaker towards the west. Temperatures at 1500m around -2 °C Danger from fresh wind slab increases with altitude! The avalanche risk at higher altitudes is moderate (level 2). Fresh wind slab avalanches can be triggered in places even with a small additional load. Slab avalanches are mainly triggered at the transition to old snowpack. Avalanche prone locations are in gullies, bowls and behind terrain edges as well as down into forest aisles. The wind slab covers existing avalanche prone locations, which often makes them difficult to recognise. The avalanche prone locations increase with altitude. Slab avalanches can reach medium size. In the past week, snow has repeatedly fallen in combination with strong to stormy winds. The new fallen snow was transported intensively and formed drift snow packs. Exposed areas are often heavily blown down. The fresh drift and new fallen snow is poorly bonded to the old snowpack in some places. In some places, there are also weak layers within the wind slab. In shady high altitudes, there are still faceted crystals or floating snow in the persistent weak layer in places, but these are currently hardly prone to triggering and do not pose a significant avalanche problem. The avalanche danger will remain the same for the time being. However, the avalanche situation is expected to change as temperatures rise towards the weekend. Beware of fresh wind slab! 2026-04-01T15:00:00Z Avalanche Service Lower Austria 2026-04-01T15:00:00Z 2026-04-02T15:00:00Z Avalanche.report 1 steady 2026-04-02T15:00:00Z 2026-04-03T15:00:00Z The sky will remain mostly cloudy, with a few snowflakes falling in the northern congestion. Thick clouds will often prevail over the Lower Austrian mountain peaks on Maundy Thursday and it will occasionally snow lightly over the western peaks. Over the eastern mountain peaks, winds from the north will be stormy in places, but weaker towards the west. Temperatures at 1500 metres will be around -2 °C. Low avalanche danger, but avoid fresh pillows of wind drifted snow! Pillows of wind drifted snow are occasionally prone to triggering and can be triggered by individuals as a small slide. However, the risk of burial is low. There have been repeated snowfalls on the Hochwechsel and in the Bucklige Welt in the last few days in conjunction with mostly strong to stormy winds. The new fallen snow was transported intensively and deposited as wind slab, especially in forest aisles and at higher altitudes. Where there is an old snowpack, the drift snow packs are deposited on it and can slide off. In addition, fractures within the drift snow layers are also possible in isolated cases. The avalanche danger remains the same. Beware of fresh wind slab! 2026-04-01T15:00:00Z Avalanche Service Lower Austria 2026-04-01T15:00:00Z 2026-04-02T15:00:00Z Avalanche.report 1 steady 2026-04-02T15:00:00Z 2026-04-03T15:00:00Z The sky will remain mostly cloudy, with a few snowflakes falling in the northern congestion. Thick clouds will often prevail over the Lower Austrian mountain peaks on Maundy Thursday and it will occasionally snow lightly over the western peaks. Over the eastern mountain peaks, winds from the north will be stormy in places, but weaker towards the west. Temperatures at 1500 metres will be around -2 °C. Pay attention to the wind slab problem! The fresh wind slab is prone to triggering in places and can be triggered by even a small additional load. Avalanche prone locations are mainly found in gullies, bowls and behind terrain edges down to forest aisles. Slab avalanches can reach medium size. In the past week, snow has repeatedly fallen in combination with strong to stormy winds. The new fallen snow was transported intensively and formed drift snow packs. Where there is an old snowpack, the drift snow packs are deposited on it and can slide off. In addition, fractures within the drift snow layers are also possible in isolated cases. In places protected from the wind, there is up to 60 cm of snow in places above around 800 m, which has built up over the last week. Exposed locations, on the other hand, are often heavily blown off. The avalanche danger remains the same. Beware of fresh wind slab!