Avalanche forecast

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Avalanche danger

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Highlights

Generally stable conditions, but southeasterly winds can create some small fresh wind slabs in leeward slopes that can be triggered by skier/snowscooter. Sunshine can also trigger a few small loose avalanches in lower terrain. Older persistent weak layers are considered stable as of now.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

    • Above 0 m

Avalanche Activity

Generally stable conditions, but southeasterly winds can create some small fresh wind slabs in leeward slopes that can be triggered by skier/snowscooter. Sunshine can also trigger a few small loose avalanches in lower terrain. Older persistent weak layers are considered stable as of now.

Generelt stabile forhold. Vind fra sørøst kan danne ferske små fokksnøflak i leheng. Disse kan være lette å løse ut, men skred vil neppe bli større enn små.

Det ventes kjøligere temperaturer, men der solen tar godt kan det gå enkelte små løssnøskred i sørvendte heng.

Eldre vedvarende svake lag virker å være stabile for øyeblikket.

Snowpack Structure

Siste snøfall av betydning kom i midten av forrige uke. Stort sett består snødekket av fokksnø av varierende hardhet og det er delvis avblåst til bakken eller gammel skare.

Det finnes kantkornlag dypere i snødekket og ved bakken, men dette ligger under harde skarelag og regnes ikke som et skredproblem nå.

Tendency

Generally stable conditions, but southeasterly winds can create some small fresh wind slabs in leeward slopes that can be triggered by skier/snowmobile. Sunshine can also trigger a few small loose avalanches in lower terrain. Older persistent weak layers are considered stable as of now.

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

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