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Avalanche warning for region Heiane Tuesday 03.01.2023

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Locally unstable conditions. A skier or a snow mobile may trigger avalanches in the fresh wind slabs. The wind is expected to pick up during the day.
  • The danger is greatest from Tuesday afternoon

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
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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)

Monday 2. January 2023

Overflaten veksler mellom bærende skare, nysnø og lett vindtransportert fokksnø. Det er god snøsåle for skikjøring.

Det finnes et kantkornlag ved bakken fra ca. 1000 moh. og oppover. Dette regnes ikke som et skredproblem bortsett fra der snødekket ligger på sva eller der det lå snø fra i fjor.

Et lite skred i fokksnøen i vestvendt heng ble rapportert søndag, trolig løsnet av seg selv samme dag.

Mandag morgen var det på Blåsjø i Bykle (1105 moh) -6 °C og rolige vindforhold.

Mountain weather

Monday 2. January 2023

6 mm precipitation, up to 15 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 600 m a.s.l during renoon. Breeze from east. -10 °C to -2 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Tuesday 3. January 2023

2-4 mm precipitation. Rain up to 500 m a.s.l during renoon. Breeze from east, changing to strong breeze from the southeast during the evening. -11 °C to -3 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly 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

Vind fra sørøst vil utover dagen føre til ferske fokksnøflak i leområder som kan være lett å løse ut. Det vil være lokale variasjoner hvor vinden tar.

Skredfaren er størst i områder med ferske fokksnøflak.
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