Avalanche forecast

Hallingdal

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Avalanche danger

All elevations
2 · Moderate
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Highlights

Cold and calm weather results in little change in avalanche danger from day to day. It may be easy to trigger avalanches. The most exposed areas are open forest terrain and the treeline, as well as areas with fresh wind‑blown snow in the high mountains.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind slab

    • Above 1,000 m
  • Persistent weak layers

    • All elevations

Avalanche Activity

Cold and calm weather results in little change in avalanche danger from day to day. It may be easy to trigger avalanches. The most exposed areas are open forest terrain and the treeline, as well as areas with fresh wind‑blown snow in the high mountains.

Vind i fjellet har flytta snø og laga fokksnøflak. Observasjonar tyder på at flaka er mjuke og skredstorleiken vert avgrensa. Kantkorn i snøen har tidlegare i veka gitt mykje fareteikn og det kan framleis vere lett å løyse ut skred på dette laget.

Snowpack Structure

Laurdag vert det meldt om lett snøfokk i fjellet. Det er mykje laussnø som vinden kan flytte. Det finst eit vedvarande svakt lag av kantkorn over eit skarelag i snødekket. I skogen og rundt skoggrensa har laget stor utbreiing og det har gitt mykje fareteikn. Laget kan også finnast i høgfjellet, men det har ikkje vore vesentlege observasjonar av fareteikn her.

Tendency

Cold and calm weather results in little change in avalanche danger from day to day. It may be easy to trigger avalanches. The most exposed areas are open forest terrain and the treeline, as well as areas with fresh wind‑blown snow in the high mountains.

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

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