- Avalanche details
Avalanche warning for region Nord-Troms Saturday 29.01.2022
Danger level 3 - Considerable avalanche danger
Published:
Strong wind will give wind slabs in lee areas. A skier or a snow mobile may trigger avalanches in the fresh wind slabs. Persistent weak layers deeper in the snow is in general hard to trigger.
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).
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).
Persistent weak layer (slab avalanches)
You can trigger avalanches on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury a large truck or destroy several houses (size 4). Remote triggering is possible.
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.
Snow cover (in Norwegian)
Tidligere denne uka kom det 10-30cm nysnø. Lite vind de siste dagene gjør at man kan finne opp mot 10cm løssnø også i høyden. Snøen la seg over et vindpåvirket snødekke der rygger og utsatte formasjoner var avblåste ned på hard snø, mens i leformasjoner mot øst har det lagt seg over løs snø. Forrige helg fuktet mildværet snødekket opp til 400-600 moh.
Dypere i snødekket finnes det vedvarende svake lag. Hovedsakelig virker det vanskelig å påvirke disse da de ligger dypt i snødekket, ofte under skarelag. I lavlandet har regnet stabilisert noe av dette. Fremover er det lurt å følge med på kantkorndannelse rundt mildværsskaren.
Mountain weather, 28.01.2022
5 mm precipitation, up to 10 mm in the most exposed areas. Precipitation as snow. Breeze from northwest. -20 °C to -8 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.
Mountain weather, 29.01.2022
Little to no precipitation. Strong breeze from southeast. -23 °C to -12 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.
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