Snow slabs are the avalanches that pose the greatest danger to winter sports enthusiasts. The number of these sliding snow avalanches in Tyrol this winter is record-breaking. Experts agree that they are also a result of global warming. Traffic routes and residential areas are therefore increasingly threatened.
Those who drive through the country often discover horizontal cracks in the snow cover on steeper meadow slopes. These are so-called “fish mouths”. These represent the precursors of sliding snow avalanches. When such an avalanche occurs, the entire snow surface slides all the way to the ground.
Winter sports enthusiasts are also affected
While sliding snow avalanches previously mainly posed a problem for settlements and traffic routes, winter sports enthusiasts were also affected again and again this year.
Source: Krone
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