Avalanches claim more lives

Three deaths in Austria today in separate incidents. One in Damüls, one in Kleinwalsertal and one which happened yetsreday in Tirol. In the incident in Tirol the rescue teams were only able to get to the victim today!

In the incident in Damüls a 22 year old snowboarder skied into a slope that was closed for avalanche danger. His group had already skied the slope twice, but on the third run the slab released and buried one of them. None of them was wearing a transceiver!

In the incident in Kleinwalsertal a 41 year old skier skied into a popular powder run and released a slab. The avalanche situation was so extreme that the rescue services had to dynamite the slope before attempting to search for the victim! He was found after having been buried for three hours.

Lech had a lucky escape when an avalanche went down over the piste in the Mohnenfluh area, covering the piste over a length of 120 meters. Pure luck that nobody was buried!

Tony_H wrote:What do you mean by "warm" temps?

Admin wrote:
Be careful out there! Warm temperatures over the next few days may well increase instability off piste, so take note of local warnings and don't ski closed slopes - they're closed for good reason.

RossF wrote:I was under the impression warmer temps increased stability, allowing the layers to "fuse".. or at least speed up the process.

RossF wrote:I was under the impression warmer temps increased stability, allowing the layers to "fuse".. or at least speed up the process.