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Some winter sports areas have been waiting for snow for weeks. Now he comes. But with the new snow, the danger of avalanches also increases.
In the Swiss canton of Valais with the ski areas of Zermatt, Saas Fee and others, there is a particularly high risk of avalanches after more than one meter of fresh snow. The avalanche prevention group warned of this with a view to the weekend.
According to the weather forecast, it will be sunny, so many hikers are expected. The cold that has now set in has slowed down the stabilization of the snow cover, the cantonal police said. Above all, she warned about off-piste tours. On the avalanche warning scale most areas in the canton are three on the five-stage scale, sometimes four.
The police called on tourers to equip themselves properly and to familiarize themselves with the equipment – avalanche transceiver, probe, shovel and telephone. “Regular practice and training in the search and new techniques for rescuing avalanche victims saves the precious minutes that make survival possible,” she writes. (dpa)
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