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Avalanche sizes newly named
12/17/2018 • PowderGuide
In order to describe avalanches - for example in avalanche bulletins, after accidents or for feedback from the terrain - standardized terms should be used for their size. From the 2018/19 season, the official EAWS terminology has been adapted to common usage in order to improve comprehensibility for winter sports enthusiasts. -
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EAWS decisions on avalanche problems, hazard level matrix and avalanche sizes
10/31/2017 • Lea Hartl
At a meeting in summer 2017, the European avalanche warning services decided on changes to the hazard level matrix and the nomenclature of avalanche sizes.