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Avalanche warning for region Hardanger Thursday 16.12.2021

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
At altitude, it can still be easy to trigger avalanches in the fresh slabs. In lower areas there may be a risk of wet avalanches.

Avalanche problems

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 the ground

Wind drifted snow (slab avalanches)

You can easily 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)

Wednesday 15. December 2021

I ytre deler av regionen er det lite snø og mye bart fjell. I høyfjellet er det mer vinterlig, men generelt er snødekket fortsatt tynt, og det er en god del oppstikkende steiner. Snøoverflaten er vindpåvirket i de fleste himmelretninger etter forrige ukes vind fra både nordlig og sørlig retning.

Det er observert kantkornlag ved bakken på rundt 900 moh.

Mountain weather

Wednesday 15. December 2021

50 mm precipitation, up to 65 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 1600 m a.s.l Wednesday night. Fresh breeze from west, changing to moderate gale from the west during the evening. -4 °C to 1 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Thursday 16. December 2021

9 mm precipitation, up to 20 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 1100 m a.s.l during the evening. Strong breeze from west, changing to breeze from the west during the evening. -6 °C to -1 °C at 1400 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

I høyden vil det noen steder være svært store fokksnøflak som trenger tid for å stabilisere seg. Noen steder kan flak ha lagt seg over vedvarende svake lag og gitt ekstra ustabilitet. Det vil fortsatt være mulig for en person å løse ut store skred på utsatte plasser.
I lavere områder vil det være mye vann i snøen og fortsatt mulig å løse ut mindre, våte skred i bratt terreng.
Mest utsatt er høyfjellet i indre del av regionen som Finse / Røldal og Haukelifjell. Lavere i terrenget og i områder med lite snø er problemene mindre.
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