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Avalanche warning for region Hardanger Saturday 13.04.2024

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

Published:
Be careful on steep slopes with soft and wet snow and in high north facing areas with dry wind slabs. Avoid cornices and areas below glide cracks.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

You can easily trigger avalanches on some steep slopes. Avalanches are relatively harmless to people, but can knock you off balance. Can be dangerous close to terrain traps. (size 1)

Loose snow

New snow (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).

Buried weak layer of new snow

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)

Friday 12. April 2024

Snødekket er smelteomvandlet, bortsett fra kanskje i nordsider på de aller høyeste toppene.

Det har smeltet mye snø og rabber og knauser er bare også i høyden. I lavlandet er det generelt lite snø.

Fredag ble det rapportert om et par våte flakskred og glideskred.

Det er tegn til at det hoper seg opp vatn over skarelag enkelte steder i snødekket.

Mountain weather

Friday 12. April 2024

1-3 mm precipitation. Rain up to 1600 m a.s.l during the afternoon. Fresh breeze from southwest. -1 °C to 3 °C at 1400 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

Saturday 13. April 2024

20 mm precipitation, up to 40 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 1500 m a.s.l Saturday night. Strong breeze from southwest. -3 °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 bratte heng der snøoverflaten er våt og myk pga varme og regn vil det være mulig å løse ut løssnøskred. Enkelte mindre løssnøskred kan også løsne av seg selv.

På de aller høyeste toppene er det ventet snø og det kan finnes ustabile nysnøflak i leområder. Vær forsiktig i og nært terrengfeller.

Vær obs på at det kan gå enkelte glideskred.
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