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Avalanche warning tasks; organization and coordination

The organization and coordination of the avalanche warning service is the responsibility of the safety and disaster control authorities (municipalities, district offices, district governments of Upper Bavaria and Swabia) with the cooperation of the Avalanche Warning Centre.

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Landratsamt Starnberg

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82319 Starnberg

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Procedure details

In Bavaria, the so-called avalanche commissions advise the safety authorities (municipalities and district offices). The avalanche commissions are made up of experts with local knowledge and mountain experience who meet when necessary to assess the current weather, snowpack and avalanche situation and draw up appropriate recommendations for avalanche safety measures (e.g. closing roads and ski runs or triggering artificial avalanches). The safety authorities decide on the implementation of the measures.

The daily avalanche situation report for the Bavarian Alpine region is compiled and published by the avalanche warning center at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, where the information from a network of measuring and observation stations is collected.

You can find more information about the Bavarian avalanche warning service on the website of the avalanche warning service (see link under "Further links").

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Status: 07.06.2024
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