Avalanche Service Upper Austria

Monday 23 February 2026

Published 22 Feb 2026, 18:05:00


Danger level

treeline
Avalanche Problem
Wind slab
Treeline
Wet snow
Treeline


Avalanche prone locations due to easily triggered wind slabs and naturally triggered avalanches!

Above the tree line there is still a considerable avalanche risk, below it is moderate. Above the tree line in particular, there are prone-to-triggering drift snow packs that can occur in all aspects. Medium to sometimes large slab avalanches can be triggered by even a small additional load. Steep terrain should therefore be avoided. Avalanche prone locations are mainly adjacent to ridgelines, but also distant from ridgelines, at terrain transitions and in the entrance areas of bowls and gullies. Remote triggering cannot be ruled out. In transition areas where there is too little snow, weak layers in foundations (persistent weak layer problem) could be addressed. Below the snowfall level, spontaneous damp to wet small to medium loose snow avalanches from undischarged steep terrain are to be expected.

Snowpack

With the unstable weather, snowfall of varying intensity and strong to stormy winds from changing directions, extensive snowdrift accumulations have formed, which contain weak layers, do not bond well with the old snowpack and lie on a weak foundation. At high altitudes, the snow base, fundament still contains faceted crystals without binding, especially on the north and shady slopes, and partly floating snow. Up to the middle elevations, the snowpack was at least superficially moist due to rain, below that it is soaked to wet.

Tendency

Snowfall again with strong to stormy winds, fresh wind slab above the tree line and rain in some places up to mid-altitude. The avalanche situation remains precarious.