sportscotland Avalanche Information
Service launches for winter 2013-14
Avalanche forecasts for selected areas of the Scottish
mountains start this week.
Throughout the winter the sportscotland Avalanche
Information Service (SAIS) will issue daily reports on the avalanche dangers in
the most popular mountain areas, allowing mountaineers, ice climbers and
off-piste skiers to make informed choices about where and whether to go.
It means a dedicated band of avalanche experts going out
every day, whatever the weather, to carry out assessments of the snow
conditions in the Northern and Southern Cairngorms, Lochaber, Glen Coe and
Creag Meagaidh.
And, for the first time this year, they will also provide a
limited forecast for the Torridon area in the North West Highlands. A pilot
service will start on 24 December and run to 29 December, then run from 1 to 5
January, 10 to 12 January, 31 January to 2 February, and from 14 to 22
February.
The sportscotland Avalanche Information Service will be…