Avalanche Service Upper Austria

Sunday 19 April 2026

Published 18 Apr 2026, 17:00:00


Danger level


Avalanche Problem
Wet snow
Persistent weak layer
2200m


Wet snow problem due to rain showers up to higher altitudes!

The avalanche risk is moderate at altitudes with a sufficiently thick snowpack. From undischarged steep terrain, spontaneous or occasional small to medium wet snow avalanches triggered by people are possible due to rain in all aspects up to higher altitudes. Snow slabs could only be triggered in high alpine and very steep terrain on shady slopes, in some cases by low additional loads.

Snowpack

The snowpack cannot firmness on the surface overnight due to frequent cloud cover and possible showers. Due to rain during the day, it is soft, soaked or soaked through to the higher elevations and has little firmness. In the interior, it is already damp to wet up to high altitudes anyway, so it is unstable and will continue to degrade. There is only some new fallen snow high up in the Alps. There are only isolated weak layers in the old snowpack at high alpine elevations. Low and medium altitudes are often already covered in snow.

Tendency

As it cools down, the danger of wet snow avalanches decreases somewhat. There is a moderate risk of avalanches in places.


Danger level


Avalanche Problem
Wet snow


Low avalanche danger!

The avalanche risk is low. Only on steep slopes at higher altitudes with a sufficiently thick snowpack are small, sometimes medium, wet snow avalanches possible during the day in all aspects due to rain.

Snowpack

The snowpack cannot firmness on the surface overnight due to frequent cloud cover and possible showers. Due to rain during the day, it is soft, soaked or soaked through to the higher elevations and has little firmness. In the interior, it is already damp to wet up to high altitudes anyway, making it unstable. Low and medium altitudes are often covered in snow.

Tendency

As the weather cools down, the danger of wet snow avalanches decreases somewhat.