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Avalanche warning for region Indre Troms Tuesday 04.01.2022

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Avalanches can be triggered in fresh storm slabs. Persistent weak layers have recently been hard to trigger, but this might have changed due to wind loading of the snowpack the last days. Avoid avalanche terrain.

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

Persistent weak layer (slab avalanches)

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

Buried weak layer of faceted snow near surface
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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 3. January 2022

Sterk vind frå søraust har dei siste dagane gitt stor transport av snø. Der det ikkje er avblåst er snøoverflata vindpakka hard mange stadar. Enkelte stadar kan det vere mjukare og lausare snø.

Djupare i snødekke finnast det vedvarande svake lag. Generelt har desse vore vanskeleg å påverka den siste tida, men nokre stadar er det likevel observert drønn i snøen.

Mountain weather

Monday 3. January 2022

3-6 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Moderate gale from southeast, changing to strong breeze from the southeast during the afternoon. -16 °C to -11 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Tuesday 4. January 2022

2-3 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Strong breeze from southeast, changing to fresh breeze from the southeast during the afternoon. -19 °C to -12 °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

Flakskred kan løysast ut i fersk fokksnø, men det skal meir til sidan dei startar å stabilisere seg. Det er usikkert om det også kan løysast ut flakskred på vedvarande svake lag i snødekket. Den siste tida har det vore vanskeleg, men dette kan ha endra seg grunna auka last på snødekket dei siste dagane. Om det har det, kan skred løysast ut frå avstand og bli store.
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