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Avalanche warning for region Vest-Finnmark Tuesday 04.01.2022

Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger

Published:
Avalanches can easily be triggered in fresh stormslabs. Persistent weak layers have recently been hard to trigger, but this might have changed due to windloading 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 easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2). Remote triggering is possible.

Buried weak layer of faceted snow beneath a crust

Persistent weak layer (slab avalanches)

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

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. Snøoverflata er truleg vindpakka hard mange stadar, sjølv om det i leområder kan vere mjukare og lausare snø.

Djupare i snødekket finnast det vedvarande svake lag. Opp til tregrensa i ytre del av regionen er det kantkornlag i samband med skare, som har vore mogleg å påverke den siste tida. Det finnast også eldre kantkornlag i store delar av regionen, men desse har vore vanskeleg å påverke i det siste.

Mountain weather

Monday 3. January 2022

2-5 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Gale from southeast, changing to moderate gale from the southeast during the evening. -18 °C to -12 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Tuesday 4. January 2022

4-6 mm precipitation. Precipitation as snow. Moderate gale from southeast. -18 °C to -13 °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 vere lette å løyse ut i fersk fokksnø. Skred kan bli store sidan det har, og held fram med, å samle seg mykje snø i leområder.
Rundt tregrensa, i ytre del av regionen, kan flakskred løysast ut direkte eller frå avstand, på vedvarande svake lag. Det er usikkert om det i regionen også kan løysast ut flakskred på vedvarande svake lag høgare til fjells. Den siste tida har det vore vanskeleg, men dette kan ha endra seg dei siste dagane grunna auka last på snødekket.
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