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The snowpack is weakly bonded on most slopes. Triggering is probable even by small additional loads on numerous steep slopes. Alarm signs often exist. Natural avalanches and remote triggering are typical. In certain cases, when the avalanches are not especially large, snow sport participants are most endangered. Frequently, however, parts of transportation routes and settlements are exposed to danger. Depending on the situation (e.g. bonding of the snowpack, fresh snow, wind), numerous medium-sized natural avalanches and a greater prevalence of large avalanches, which generally follow familiar paths, are to be expected. Exposed parts of transportation routes and settlements in the areas affected by such avalanches are endangered in the majority of cases. Safety measures, such as the use of explosives or closures, are to be recommended in these places. The conditions outside marked and open pistes are unfavourable. Avalanche runout zones in particular warrant caution.
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