Avalanche Service Upper Austria

Tuesday 14 April 2026

Published 13 Apr 2026, 17:00:00


Danger level


Avalanche Problem
Wet snow
Persistent weak layer
2200m


Watch out for wet snow problems - all day!

The avalanche risk is predominantly moderate at altitudes where there is still a sufficiently thick snowpack. Medium wet snow avalanches triggered spontaneously or occasionally by people are possible at any time from steep terrain that has not yet been discharged in all aspects up to higher altitudes. Only high alpine and on shady slopes could individual slab avalanches be triggered in very steep terrain by large additional loads.

Snowpack

The snow surface can hardly firmness overnight. Short rain showers at night and during the day bring further moisture. There are only a few centimetres of new fallen snow high up in the Alps. The snowpack is wet up to high altitudes in the centre, otherwise it is damp and therefore unstable. Only high up and on shady slopes can there still be isolated weak layers in the old snowpack. Low and sunny slopes in the middle are bare.

Tendency

No significant change in the avalanche risk.


Danger level


Avalanche Problem
Wet snow


Be aware of the local wet snow problem!

The avalanche risk is predominantly low. At altitudes and on slopes with a sufficiently thick snowpack, localised wet snow avalanches are possible during the day in all aspects from undischarged areas, some of which can reach medium size.

Snowpack

The snow surface can hardly firmness overnight. Short rain showers at night and during the day bring further moisture penetration. The snowpack is wet up to high altitudes in the centre, otherwise damp and therefore unstable. Only high up and on shady slopes can there still be isolated weak layers in the old snowpack. Low and sunny slopes in the middle are bare.

Tendency

No significant change.