Avalanche forecast for
Avalanche forecast forKebnekaisefjällen
Published: Friday 28/03-2025 18:00
Valid until: Saturday 29/03-2025 18:00
Avalanche danger
Considerable
3. Considerable avalanche hazard
This is an English summary of the current avalanche forecast. It contains information about the avalanche danger rating, a description of the current avalanche problems combined with recommendations for terrain travel and risk management.
Dangerous avalanche conditions.
Careful terrain and snowpack evaluation, cautious route finding and conservative decision making essential.
Read more details in the avalanche problem section below.
Avalanche problemWind slabs
Avalanche problem
Wind slabs
Risk management
Wind slabs are best managed by recognizing and avoiding areas where wind slabs have formed, until they have stabilized.
Characteristics
Wind Slabs form in specific areas, and are confined to lee and cross-loaded terrain features, typically steeper than 30+ degrees. Wind slabs can often be recognized by drifting snow or the appearance of the snow surface, changes in surface snow hardness, hollow, drum-like sounds and/or shooting cracks.
Can avalanches be triggered? In how many places?
You can trigger avalanches on some steep slopes, typically in specific terrain features with favorable characteristics for avalanching given the conditions. Avalanches that release spontaneously cannot be completely ruled out.
How large and destructive can avalanches become?
Avalanches can get large enough to severely injure, bury or even kill you (size 2).
Avalanche problemPersistent slabs
Avalanche problem
Persistent slabs
Risk management
Avalanche conditions are especially dangerous or difficult to predict and anticipate. Manage the risk by making conservative terrain choices avoiding steep slopes.
Characteristics
- Slabs resting on top of persistent weak layers can produce large avalanches.
- They stabilize slowly, tending to persist for several weeks or longer and often have dormant periods, becoming active again when the weather changes.
- Persistent slabs can often be triggered by light loads and tend to release above the trigger making it difficult to escape.
- Avalanches are often triggered remotely from a long distance away and slabs often propagate wide in surprising and unpredictable ways.
- There are often no visible signs of persistent slab instability. Lack of avalanche activity and lack of danger signs are NOT reliable indicators of stability.
Can avalanches be triggered? In how many places?
Sensitive even at low load on individual slopes
How large and destructive can avalanches become?
Avalanches can get large enough to bury a car and have the force to break trees or destroy a small building (size 3). When people are caught by avalanches of this size, the probability for severe consequences is very high.
Observations
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