Alpine ski touring: How to assess the avalanche risk

Alpine ski touring is one of the most popular outdoor sports for who likes the silence of the unspoiled nature in winter. But freeskiing involves the danger of avalanches. Read here how to interpret the avalanghe danger.

• 1 - low risk: the blanket of snow is firm and stable. Avalanghes break only by high pressure. You can go alpine ski touring without many risks.
• 2 - moderate risk: most of all accidents happened when there is moderate risk. High pressure can break avalanches.
• 3 - serious risk: the blanket of snow is not very much firm and stable. Only low pressure can cause avalanches. Under these conditions alpine ski touring involves many risks.
• 4 - big risk: the blanket of snow is not firm. Also spontaneous avalanches are possible. Don’t go alpine ski touring!
• 5 - huge risk: the blanket of snow is not firm and very instable, also in flat slopes. Don’t go alpine ski touring!

Before you go alpine ski touring you have to consider the weather forecast, new snow and the news about avalanche risks from the avalanche service of Bozen.

Skitouring holidays

Choose an accoomdation:

• Accomondation Alta Badia
• Accomondation Tauferer Ahrntal
  
• Accomondation Meran and surrounding
• Accomondation Vinschgau Valley
  
• Accomondation Eisacktal Valley