Avalanche forecast

Vest-Finnmark

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Avalanche danger

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Highlights

Wind slabs are stabilizing slowly in the cold. A skier may still trigger medium-sized avalanches in north-facing slopes. In coastal areas with the most snow, large avalanches cannot be ruled out.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

    • Above 200 m

Avalanche Activity

Wind slabs are stabilizing slowly in the cold. A skier may still trigger medium-sized avalanches in north-facing slopes. In coastal areas with the most snow, large avalanches cannot be ruled out.

Fokksnøen som har dannet seg i nordvendte heng de siste dagene, stabiliseres gradvis, men kulden gjør prosessen langsom. Vær oppmerksom på at en skiløper fortsatt kan løse ut middels store skred enkelte steder. I ytre strøk med mest snø kan store skred ikke utelukkes.

Snowpack Structure

Snødekket består av fokksnø med varierende hardhet, godt bundet til en smeltepakke dannet i starten av romjulen. I ytre deler av regionen kom det stedvis opptil 50 cm nysnø forrige uke, kombinert med kraftig nordlig vind. Det rapporteres om perfekt skiføre i Alteidet søndag formiddag.

Tendency

Calm weather is helping to stabilize the wind-drifted snow that has formed over the past few days. Conditions are generally stable, but locally unstable areas remain – especially in leeward zones behind ridges and summits. Here, a skier may still trigger avalanches large enough to bury a person.

Bulletin data: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), varsom.no (NLOD)

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