Safety information is always available in Skida. You can access the avalanche bulletins directly from the map, when zooming out. Remember to read and understand the whole bulletin, before making any decissions. And always check for the latest updates underway, we receive updated avalanche forecast from the authoroties every minute!
Entering the backcountry is at your own risk. You are in charge of the safety of your self and your surroundings. Study the avalanche bulletins and don’t take any risks.
In your Outdoor home area or areas you subscribe to, you can access the relevant avalanche bulletin from within the route description. This is to make sure you check the correct bulletin for your tour.
The Avalanche bulletins are provided by local authorities. We do not alter the content of the forecast. So what you get in Skida is the same information as you get from Varsom, SLF, Meteo France or other equivalents.
Avalanche danger scale
Fist of all we present you with the danger level of the forecast. You find this in the map as an overlay or in the route description. We follow the EAWS avalanche danger scale in all areas we cover. All our forecasts are timestamped, so you know it’s current.
5 Very high
The snowpack is poorly bonded and largely unstable in general.
Numerous very large and often extremely large natural avalanches can be expected, even in moderately steep terrain*.
4 High
The snowpack is poorly bonded on most steep slopes*.
Triggering is likely, even from low additional loads*, on many steep slopes. In some cases, numerous large and often very large natural avalanches can be expected.
3 Considerable
The snowpack is moderately to poorly bonded on many steep slopes*.
Triggering is possible, even from low additional loads*, particularly on the indicated steep slopes. In certain situations some large, and in isolated cases very large natural avalanches are possible.
2 Moderate
The snowpack is only moderately well bonded on some steep slopes*; otherwise well bonded in general.
Triggering is possible, primarily from high additional loads*, particularly on the indicated steep slopes. Very large natural avalanches are unlikely.
1 Low
The snowpack is well bonded and stable in general.
Triggering is generally possible only from high additional loads** in isolated areas of very steep, extreme terrain*. Only small and medium natural avalanches are possible.
Avalanche prone locations
The avalanche bulletins indicate where avalanche problems occur, in two dimensions. Elevation and aspect. Elevation is indicated in “MASL”, meters above sealevel. Bulletins indicates to and from, above or between. Aspects affected by the avlanche problems are highlighted on a “pizza” indicating the orientation of the avalanche problem.
Avalanche problems
We’ve summarized the different avalanche problems in the following articles:
In Skida the avalanche bulletins are shown according to the EAWS information pyramid. In short this is basically providing the most important information first. But this should not stop you from reading the whole bulletin – remember – the devil is always in the details!