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Avalanche warning for region Heiane Thursday 24.02.2022

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Heavy snow and wind maintain the avalanche problem. Avoid areas with wind deposited snow, typically behind ridges, ribs and in gullies.

Avalanche problems

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a car or destroy a small house (size 3).

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 23. February 2022

I skogen er snøen ubundet. Over skogen er snødekket vindpåvirket i varierende grad. På de mest vindutsatte plassene er det hardere fokksnø eller skare. Det er nå godt med snø i hele regionen og særlig øst- og nordvendte leområder har samlet store mengder snø.

Mountain weather

Wednesday 23. February 2022

35 mm precipitation, up to 75 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 900 m a.s.l during the afternoon. Moderate gale from southwest. -4 °C to 0 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Thursday 24. February 2022

20 mm precipitation, up to 35 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 500 m a.s.l Thursday night. Strong breeze from southwest, changing to breeze from the southwest during the afternoon. -7 °C to -2 °C at 1100 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

Fortsatt krevende forhold men noe avtakende skredfare pga kaldere temperaturer, noe mindre nedbør og etter hvert avtagende vind.

Men - i leområder over tregrensa vil det fortsatt legge seg opp ustabile fokksnøflak.

Sannsynligheten for naturlig utløste skred avtar men det kan ikke utelukkes.
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