Avalanche warning tasks; organization and coordination

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. road and ski slope closures or artificial avalanche triggering). The safety authorities decide on the implementation of the measures.

The Avalanche Warning Center at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, where information from a network of measuring and observation stations is collected, compiles and publishes the daily avalanche situation report for the Bavarian Alpine region.

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

Under the further links you will also find a direct link to the page "Avalanche warning service - avalanche-related road closures in the district".