Avalanche warning for region Nordenskiöld Land Saturday 13.02.2021

Avalanche Problems

• Dry slab avalanche • Buried weak layer of faceted snow beneath a crust • The weak layer collapses easily and clean (easy propagation). A big and identifiable crystal in the weak layer. • Difficult to trigger • 2 - Medium • Many steep slopes N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW • Kantkorn under skare problem forsetter. I dag var dette hovedproblemet på NNV sider. Tror utløsbarhet er fortsatt vanskelig å løse ut, men det kan begynne å bli mer problematisk med mer snø over. Vi så ingen shooting cracks og fikk ingen drønn i snøen heller, men stabilitetstest resultatet var ganske dårlig.

• Dry slab avalanche • Poor bonding between layers in wind deposited snow • Difficult to trigger • 2 - Medium • N, NE, NW • fokksnøen fra de siste 48 timer har stabilsert seg og er hardere enn i går på observasjonspunkt i dag. Jeg fikk ikke brudd i stabiliteststester i fokksnøen før kantkorn under skaren gikk.

Avalanche Problems

• Dry slab avalanche • Poor bonding between layers in wind deposited snow • Within half a meter • The weak layer collapses easily and clean (easy propagation). • Easy to trigger • 2 - Medium • Few steep slopes N, NW • Increased winds yesterday evening in combination with light snow from the last 36 hours formed reactive wind slabs on north and northwesterly aspects. I am unsure if this avalanche problem is more widespread to other aspect, but was fairly isolated to a few northerly aspects in the area around the svalsat road. Avalanches observed today were releasing in the older fokksnø, but not stepping below the 15 january ice crust.