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

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The web link is aimed at the news page of the website

country	Name (service / org.)	Abbr./www	region	established	Seat	annotation	Web
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	Canadian Rockies , Coast Mountains	2004	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	American Rockies , Utah , Cascades , Sierra Nevada		Salt 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

1. ↑ ^{a b} Note the different web addresses for Europe (avalanches.org) and America (avalanche.org)
2. ↑ 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
3. ^ 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
4. ↑ Mont Albert , Mont Hog's Back , Champs-de-Mars , Mont Lyall , Monts Vallières-de-Saint-Réal , Mont Blanche-Lamontagne , Mines-Madeleine
5. ↑ 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
6. ↑ 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
7. ↑ Please note the different web addresses for Austria; lawine.at is the portal of the regional warning services on the tourism platform Tiscover ( de ).
8. ↑ Carinthia Avalanche Warning Service
9. ↑ Babia Góra , Tatra , Bieszczady
10. ↑ Nival meteorology , meteoromania.ro
11. ↑ 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)
12. ↑ 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
13. Jump up ↑ Vysoké Tatry , Západné Tatry , Nízke Tatry , Veľká Fatra , Malá Fatra , Slovenský raj
14. ↑ Boletín de Peligro de Aludes (BPA) of the Instituto Geológico de Cataluña (IGC) of the Generalitat de Catalunya
15. ↑ Buletin / Perilh de Lauegi of the Conselh Generau d'Aran
16. ↑ About SAIS: History of the Service , sais.gov.uk
17. ↑ 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 
18. ↑ NSIDC History , nsidc.org