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Avalanche warning for region Svartisen Tuesday 30.05.2023

Danger level 2 - Moderate avalanche danger

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Rain increases danger of wet avalanches. Be careful on steep slopes with soft and wet snow, a skier can trigger avalanches here. Keep distance to cornices and areas with glide-cracks.

Avalanche problems

Wet snow (loose snow avalanches)

Avalanches may release spontaneously on a few steep slopes. Avalanches can get large enough to bury or even kill you (size 2).

Loose snow

New snow (slab avalanches)

You can 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

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), 29.05.2023

I høyden har det kommet noe nysnø de siste dagene. I lavlandet er det bart. Snøgrensen varierer i regionen og er høyest i sørvendte hellinger og lengst ut mot kysten. Snøen er i hovedsak grovkornet smelteomvandlet snø som er våt etter regn og mildvær.

Mountain weather, 29.05.2023

8 mm precipitation, up to 18 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 800 m a.s.l during the afternoon. Moderate gale from southwest, changing to breeze from the west during the afternoon. -4 °C to 1 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Partly cloudy.

Mountain weather, 30.05.2023

12 mm precipitation, up to 30 mm in the most exposed areas. Rain up to 1400 m a.s.l during the afternoon. Breeze from southwest, changing to gale from the southwest during the afternoon. -3 °C to 2 °C at 1100 m a.s.l. Cloudy.

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