Avalanche risk and information resources

Small first-aid kit

What we have here is nothing more than short and practical - and by no means canonical or complete
one-stop resource for those looking for basic info regarding avalanche conditions in the Alps.

Avalanche danger scale

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(note: In France, instead of the red-black one yellow-black checked symbol is used to indicate very high risk)

Avalanche information resources

Avalanche information services in the Alps
	Phone	Fax	Internet
Austria - Carinthia	0043 50536 1588	0043 50536 22 930	http://www.ktn.gv.at
Salzburg	0043 662 1588	0043 662 8032 3033	http://www.lawine.salzburg.at
Styria	0043 0800 31 1588	0043 316 242 300	http://www.lawine-steiermark.at
Tirol	0043 800 800 503	0043 512 580 915	http://www.lawine.at/tirol
Vorarlberg	0043 5522 1588	0043 5574 511 921195	http://www.vorarlberg.at/lawine
Germany - Bavaria	0049 89 9214 1210	0049 89 9214 1130	http://www.lawinenwarndienst.bayern.de
France	0033 892 68 1020	-	http://www.meteofrance.com
Italy - Aosta	0165 776 300	-	http://www.regione.vda.it
Friuli	800 860 377	0432 485 782	http://www.regione.fvg.it/valanghe.htm
Lombardia	8488 370 77	848 837 077	http://www.arpalombardia.it/meteo
Piemonte	011 3 185 555	011 3 185 555	http://www.regione.piemonte.it/meteo
South Tirol/Alto Adige	0471 270 555 or 271 177	0471 270 555 or 271 177	http://www.provinz.bz.it/lawinen
Trentino	0461 238 939	0461 237 089	http://www.meteotrentino.it
Veneto	0436 780 007	0436 780 008 or 79 221	http://www.arpa.veneto.it/csvdi
Switzerland	0041 848 800 187	0041 900 592 020	http://www.slf.ch/lawineninfo

Sources:
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
AVS Lawinenwarndienst und Wetterdienst

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