List of official avalanche warning services
The list of official avalanche warning services is a list of official avalanche warning services . National snow research institutes , special avalanche monitoring authorities, the meteorological service or alpinism specialist institutions such as mountain rescue are involved . Services of the countries and regions are generally not specified here, but for the national network.
List of official and international services
- founded ... founded
- The web link is aimed at the news page of the website
country | Name (service / org.) | Abbr./www | region | established | Seat | annotation | Web |
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Europe | European Avalanche Warning Services | EAWS / avalanches.org | Europe | 1983 | Innsbruck (Tyrol) | Working group of the Avalanche Warning Services in Europe, operated by the Avalanche Warning Service in Tyrol | en |
Germany | Avalanche warning service Bavaria | LWZ | Bavarian Alps ( Northern Alps NE) | 1967 | Munich | Cooperation structure, avalanche warning center (LWZ) at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment | de |
Finland | Lumivyöryjen todennäköisyys | FMI Lumivyöryennuste | Finnish hill country , Scandinavian mountains NE ( Northern Finland. Mountain area / Pohjois-Suomen tunturialueelle ) | Helsinki | Warning service of the Finnish Meteorological Institute ( Ilmatieteen laitos ) at Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö (transport and communication) | fi ( en, general warning ) | |
France | Bulletin Avalanches (Bulletin neige et avalanches) | - | French Alps ( Western Alps W; Alpes du Nord , Alpes du Sud ), Jura W, Vosges , Massif Central , Pyrenees N, Corsica | Paris | Broadcast in the Montagne area of Météo-France | fr ( page of the EAWS, en ) | |
Italy | Assoziazione Interregional Neve e Valange | AINEVA | Italian Alps ( Southern Alps SW, Central Alps S, Western Alps O) | Vicolo dell'Adige (TR) | Association of the services of the regions and provinces of Italy | it | |
Italy - South Tyrol | Avalanche report | - | South Tyrolean Alps | Early 1980s | Bolzano (BZ) | Avalanche warning service of the South Tyrolean provincial administration, at the Hydrographic Office | de |
Iceland | Snjóflóð | IMO Snjóflóð | Iceland | Reykjavík | Avalanche report Veðurstofa Íslands / Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) | is ( en ) | |
Canada | Canadian Avalanche Center / Association canadienne des avalanches | CAC / ACA / avalanche.ca | Rockies , Coast Mountains | Canadian2004 | Revelstoke (BC) | National Avalanche Service | en |
Canada | Center d'avalanche de la Haute-Gaspésie / Quebec Avalanche Center | Monts Notre-Dame | 2006 | Sainte-Anne- des-Monts (QC) | Non-profit organization (Organizations sans but lucratif) under the supervision of the Province of Québec | fr / en | |
New Zealand | New Zealand Avalanche Center (Backcountry Avalanche Advisory) | New Zealand Alps , Central Volcanic Plateau / Tongariro , Taranaki | Wellington | Part of the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council (MSC) | en | ||
Norway | Snøskredvarsel | NGI Snøskred / Avalanche | Scandinavian mountains W | 2009 | Oslo | Avalanche report from the Norges Geotekniske Institute (NGI) | no |
Austria | Avalanche info Austria | lawinen.at | Austrian Alps ( Eastern Alps N) | Innsbruck (Tyrol) | Service Avalanche Center Austria , portal of the seven national warning services | de | |
Poland | Zagrożenie lawinowe / Avalanche bulletin | GOPR Zagrożenie lawinowe | Western Carpathians N ( Beskids , Giant Mountains N / Karkonosze) | Zakopane | Services of the regional offices of the Polish mountain rescue service Górskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (GOPR) and Tatrzańskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (TOPR) under the Ministry of the Interior Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (MSW) | en , ( en, EAWS ) | |
Romania | Buletin nivometeorologic | - | Eastern Carpathians S, Southern Carpathians | 2004 | Sibiu | Bulletin of the Serviciul Regional de Prognoza a Vremii Sibiu of Meteo Romania (INMH) under the Ministerul Mediului și Pădurilor | ro / pdf ( ro, web ) |
Sweden | Lavin forecasters | - | Scandinavian mountains O | 2012 | Ostersund | Service of the Fjällsäkerhetsrådets kansli of the Environment Agency Naturvårdsverket (NVV) | sv |
Switzerland | WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research / WSL Institute pour l'étude de la neige et des avalanches / WSL Istituto per lo studio della neve e delle valanghe ( WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research ) | SLF | Swiss Alps ( Central Alps N) | 1942 | Davos Dorf (GR) | Department of the Federal Research Institute for Forests, Snow and Landscape (WSL) | de ; on naturgefahren.ch |
Slovakia | Portál Horskej záchrannej služby venovaný lavínovej problematike | laviny.sk | Western Carpathians SO | Donovaly | Portal of the Slovak mountain rescue service Horská záchranná služba (HZS) under the Ministerstvo vnútra Slovenskej republiky (MV SR, Ministry of the Interior) | sk , (also hzs.sk ) | |
Slovenia | Snežne razmere | ARSO / Snežne razmere | Slovenian Alps ( Julian Alps / Julijske Alpe O, Steiner Alps / Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe) | Ljubljana | Service of the Slovenian Environment Agency Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje under the Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano (MKO, Agriculture, Forestry and Food) | sl | |
Spain | Predicción Montaña | AIMET El tiempo | Pyrenees S, Cantabrian Mountains / Picos de Europa , Iberian Mountains (Sys.Iberica), Iberian Scheidegebirge (Sys. Central) | 2008 | Madrid | Bulletin of the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET) of the Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (MAGRAMA) | it , ca oc EAWS |
Czech Republic | Lavinová prevence | HS ČR - Laviny | Altvatergebirge (Jeseníky), Giant Mountains S (Krkonoše) | Prague | Service of the Czech mountain rescue service Horská služba ČR, today under the Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj ČR (MMR, regional development) | cs or cs | |
United Kingdom: Scotland | sportscotland Avalanche Information Service | SAIS | Scottish highlands | 1993 (1996) | Service of the Met Office | en | |
United States | American Avalanche Association | AAA / avalanche.org | Rockies , Utah , Cascades , Sierra Nevada | AmericanSalt Lake City (UT) | Portal and association of official and unofficial Avalanche Centers (agencies, non-agencies), formerly Westwide Avalanche Network ; Webmastering at the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) | en |
Important other services
- Argentina : Club Andino Bariloche (CAB), Comisión de Auxilio del Club Andino Bariloche (CAX) founded in 1934, San Carlos de Bariloche ; central Cordillera de la Costa O es
- Italy : Servizio Valanghe Italiano (SVI), founded in 1966 ( Milan ), Organo Tecnico Centrale des Club Alpino Italiano (CAI), it, Bollettini valanghe Italia , also translates foreign reports
- Sweden snörraporten the SLAO, portal of the ski areas of Sweden, sv
- United States : National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), 1976, Boulder CO; today part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado , database of snow research National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) in cooperation with NOAA and NASA, en
- Cyberspace Avalanche Center (CSAC) /avalanche-center.org, private, est. 1994 worldwide Linked Avalanche en
See also
- List of national meteorological services
- List of snow and avalanche research centers
- List of abbreviations in meteorology
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Note the different web addresses for Europe (avalanches.org) and America (avalanche.org)
- ↑ Avalanche bulletin - history and background ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Section The European Danger Level Scale, slf.ch
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^ Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol, Department 26 - Fire and Civil Protection April 26 . Hydrographic Office
Avalanche Warning Service of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol , provinz.bz.it services by category - ↑ Mont Albert , Mont Hog's Back , Champs-de-Mars , Mont Lyall , Monts Vallières-de-Saint-Réal , Mont Blanche-Lamontagne , Mines-Madeleine
- ↑ À propos du Center ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , centreavalanche.qc.ca
- ↑ Tips en venn NGIs faste snøskredvarslings-oppdrag ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ngi.no, November 29, 2009
- ↑ Please note the different web addresses for Austria; lawine.at is the portal of the regional warning services on the tourism platform Tiscover ( de ).
- ↑ Carinthia Avalanche Warning Service
- ↑ Babia Góra , Tatra , Bieszczady
- ↑ Nival meteorology , meteoromania.ro
- ↑ Lavin forecast for hela svenska fjällen i vinter ( memento of the original dated February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , fjallsakerhetsradet.se (sv)
- ↑ SLF history ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , slf.ch
- Jump up ↑ Vysoké Tatry , Západné Tatry , Nízke Tatry , Veľká Fatra , Malá Fatra , Slovenský raj
- ↑ Boletín de Peligro de Aludes (BPA) of the Instituto Geológico de Cataluña (IGC) of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- ↑ Buletin / Perilh de Lauegi of the Conselh Generau d'Aran
- ↑ About SAIS: History of the Service , sais.gov.uk
- ↑ Staff: Brett Kobernik ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , utahavalanchecenter.org
- ↑ NSIDC History , nsidc.org