Avalanche Warning Services: International Cooperation of Central Importance

Especially in alpine areas, where the challenges of avalanche risk are omnipresent, the reports and analyses of the avalanche warning services contribute to protecting life and enabling preventive measures, the head of the state emphasized during the international conference and added that he himself had been an eyewitness to the avalanche disaster of Galtür in February 1999. "Awareness of the importance of avalanche warning services is increasi…

Bolzano – loose snow and gliding snow, snow profiles and field maps, observation parameters and danger levels: these and more topics are on the agenda of the working meeting these days in the Waaghaus. For 22 years, avalanche warning services from South Tyrol, Austria, Bavaria and Switzerland have been exchanging regularly. These meetings are valuable opportunities to share shared experiences and projects, innovative approaches and solutions tha…