Pirchkogel

On December 15, a medium-sized slab avalanche was triggered on the Pirchkogel in the Stubai Alps. No one involved came to any harm. The skiers hit an area with a thin layer of fresh snow and were thus able to initiate the break, which ultimately spread over a large area in the weak layer.

Sebastian, the curator of the Videos of the Week, is unfortunately unable to make it this time, so Lea has come up with a few video recommendations at short notice. It's a pretty mixed selection, but that's the way it is when the substitute has to step in! We start with a lecture on behavioral economics and avalanches, then turn our attention to the snowpack, then back to the human factor and finally to the best (?) of all ascent aids.

Today our SKITRANSALP takes us past the Cevedale via the Casati hut to the Suldenspitze with a subsequent descent to Sulden. The weather is now really extremely bad. The high altitude storm is so strong that we sometimes struggle to stay on our feet. In addition, visibility is extremely poor and temperatures are again between -15° and -18°C...