Barryvox User’s Manual
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2.6 International Avalanche Risk Scale
Risk
Snowpack
Typical
Tours
Level
Indications
Snowpack
None.
Generally favorable
L O W
generally well
conditions.
bonded.
On some steep
Difficult
Generally favorable conditions.
M O D E R AT E
slopes snowpack
to recognize.
Careful choice of route on
only moderately
steep slopes of orientation and
bonded.
No alarm
altitude as given in the avalanche
signals.
forecast.
On many steep
“Whumphing”
Partly unfavorable conditions.
C O N S I D E R -
slopes medium
noises.
Experience in assessing avalanche
A B L E
to poor snow-
Some spontane-
risk required.
pack bonding
ous avalanches.
Wherever possible avoid steep
only.
Remote triggering slopes of orientation and altitude
at the foot
as given in the avalanche forecast.
of slopes.
Poor bonding
Spontaneous
Unfavorable conditions.
H I G H
of snowpack
avalanches.
Tours only in moderately steep
on most steep
Remote
terrain < 30º.
slopes.
triggering.
Be aware of avalanche runout
zones.
Generally
Spontaneous
Very unfavorable conditions.
V E RY
poor bonding
avalanches
Refrain from tours.
H I G H
of snowpack,
and remote
mostly
triggering on a
unstable.
large scale.
