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Avalanche warning for region Hardanger Thursday 17.02.2022

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Strong wind will give windslabs lee areas. Avalanches might be easy to trigger in the fresh windslabs. Wind from several aspects will create wind slabs in many lee areas.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2).

Buried weak layer of new snow

Below you can see a description of the current snow cover information and current weather forecast in the mountains. If your observations deviate greatly from what is described here, the warning will not necessarily apply either. Always make your own judgments or stay away from avalanche terrain.

Snow cover (in Norwegian)

Wednesday 16. February 2022

Det har kommet jevnt med mye snø i regionen de siste dagene, og kombinert med vind har det skapt ferske fokksnøflak av varierende hardhet. I lune områder ligger det fremdeles løs og ubunden snø.

I østvendte leområder over tregrensen ligger det et tykt og jevnt snødekke, mens det er mer avblåst i vestvendt terreng.



Mountain weather

Wednesday 16. February 2022

15 mm precipitation, up to 25 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 600 m a.s.l during renoon. Fresh breeze from west, changing to fresh breeze from the southeast during the evening. -9 °C to -4 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Thursday 17. February 2022

10 mm precipitation, up to 25 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 400 m a.s.l during the afternoon. Fresh breeze from east, changing to strong breeze from the west during the afternoon. -12 °C to -5 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Advice

The bulletin is a planning tool and may differ from the actual situation. Always make your own evaluation. To be 100 % avalanche safe, avoid all avalanche terrain.

Avalanche risk assessment

Det vil fortsatt være lett å løse ut skred. Vær obs på at vinden dreier og leområder i flere himmelretninger vil kunne ha ferske fokksnøflak. Skredstørrelsen blir begrenset pga skiftende vindretning og nokså rask stabilisering pga milde temperaturer.
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