Avalanche Service Upper Austria

Tuesday 3 March 2026

Published 2 Mar 2026, 17:00:00


Danger level

treeline
Avalanche Problem
Persistent weak layer
Treeline
Wet snow


Weak layers in persistent weak layer!

The avalanche risk is moderate above the tree line. There are still avalanche prone locations on steep terrain, especially on shady slopes. Slab avalanches can be triggered here by large, and in places also by small additional loads. Naturally triggered damp to wet avalanches are rarely possible from very steep terrain that has not been unloaded. Medium-sized avalanches are generally possible. If deeper layers are also affected, they can occasionally become large.

Snowpack

The snowpack has settled. It is damp to wet up to high altitudes. The snow surface varies greatly depending on altitude, aspect and time of day. At high altitudes and on shady slopes, the snow base, fundament is still weakened by the kinetic metamorphism and in some places there are weak layers in older drift snow packs. In the middle elevations, the snow depths on the sunny slopes have already decreased significantly or are as bare as in the lower elevations.

Tendency

No significant change in the avalanche situation.