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Avalanche warning for region Salten Monday 19.12.2022

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Locally unstable conditions. Be careful in areas with fresh wind deposited snow. Be aware that there can be pockets with persistent weak layers beneath wind deposited snow.

Avalanche problems

Persistent weak layer (slab avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2). Remote triggering is possible.

Buried weak layer of surface hoar

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

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

Poor bonding between layers in wind deposited 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)

Sunday 18. December 2022

Spredte snøbyger forrige uke har gitt forskjellig nysnømengde i regionen. Størst snøfall har kommet i kystnære områder.
I skogen er snødekket generelt svært tynt og mange steder mangler det såle under nysnøen.

Nær bakken finnes det vedvarende svakt lag av kantkorn både over og under skarelag.

I begynnelsen av uken har det blitt observert rim på overflaten i naboregionen. Vi antar at dette svake laget også finnes enkelte steder i Salten og at det nå kan ligge nedsnødd etter snøvær de siste dagene, men har foreløpig ikke fått dette bekreftet.

Mountain weather

Sunday 18. December 2022

0-3 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Moderate gale from southeast, changing to fresh breeze from the east during the afternoon. -17 °C to -7 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Monday 19. December 2022

5 mm precipitation, up to 10 mm in the most exposed areas. Precipitation as snow. Breeze from northwest, changing to fresh breeze from the east during the evening. -18 °C to -5 °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

Det ventes lokalt ustabile forhold. Fokksnøflak som ble dannet i helgen kan fortsatt være ustabile, særlig der de ligger på svake lag av rim eller kantkorn.

Selv om det er få steder du kan løse ut skred, så er dette de samme stedene det er mest fristende å ferdes på ski når det er lite snø i terrenget. Husk da at selv mindre skred kan føre til stygge skader på grunn av oppstikkende steiner.
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