Avalanche Danger Assessment
• The cold temperature and wind keeps the sunny slopes from transforming. Low in the terrain, in some steep slopes, and in bowls, where the heat is captured and not taken by the wind, the snow can warm up a bit during the day. In some sheltered slopes there might still be some amount of loose snow, elsewhere it is predominantly “dust on crust”. Generally the snowpack appears stable, and the biggest safety issue on many tours is now icy/hard snow. However, there is a layer of PWL high in the snowpack, and where it is not locked in by hard crust this needs to be assessed. This means mostly in steep terrain above 1000 masl. • Keep monitoring facets, surface hoar, and watch out for fresh windslabs in steep terrain. • The strategic mindset is “Status quo”. Be prepared for passages of icy/hard snow in many parts of the region.
Notes
• The guidemeeting is every evening at 18.30, and takes approximately 25 minutes. All IFMGA guides and aspirants are welcome! Link to the zoom meeting is on the page(follow the link below) • Info and link to the meeting • ATES classified skitouring routes in Troms