Avalanche Service Salzburg

Tuesday 16 December 2025

Published 15 Dec 2025, 17:00:00


Danger level



Injury due to lack of snow and stones is the main danger.

There is usually not enough snow for snow sports and avalanches can hardly be triggered.

Snowpack

There is no closed snow cover and the terrain is mostly bare.

Tendency

On Wednesday, insignificant amounts of precipitation will fall, as rain up to medium altitudes.


Danger level


Avalanche Problem
Gliding snow


Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers.

The avalanche danger is low. A few small spontaneous sliding snow avalanches are possible from very steep meadow slopes. In shady high altitudes, there are still isolated spots in the old snow that are difficult to trigger for small slab avalanches, especially in gullies and hollows close to the crest.

Snowpack

The snow depth is well below average for the time of year, with low elevations and the sunny side of the valley being widely covered in snow. The snow surface is hardened and softens on the sunny side during the day. Inside, the snow cover is often soaked through to high altitudes. At high altitudes on the shady side, there are still isolated weak layers of angular crystals in the snowpack, mostly in the vicinity of crusts.

Tendency

On Wednesday, insignificant amounts of precipitation will fall, as rain up to medium altitudes.


Danger level

2600m
Avalanche Problem
Persistent weak layer
2600m
Gliding snow
2600m


Few sliding snow avalanches and rare danger spots in old snow

The avalanche risk is low. Injury from stones and falling are the main dangers. Due to the foehn, thin, easily recognisable drift snow packs are formed. In a few places, mainly small avalanches may be triggered by individuals in gullies and hollows near the crest at high altitudes. Spontaneous small sliding snow avalanches are possible from very steep, not yet discharged meadow slopes.

Snowpack

The surface is dominated by harsch and broken harsch cover, which softens on the sunny side during the day. At shady high altitudes, there are angular crystals within the snow cover near crusts, which can occasionally serve as a weak layer. At low and medium altitudes, the snow cover is largely stable and occasionally slides off on smooth ground. The snow depth is well below average, and on the sunny side it is snow-free far up.

Tendency

On Wednesday, insignificant amounts of precipitation will fall, as rain up to medium altitudes.