Avalanche bulletin - Tröllaskagi 
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Sat Feb 22
High danger -
Sun Feb 23
High danger -
Mon Feb 24
Considerable danger
NE snowstorm on Thursday to Saturday with heavy snowshowers. Large avalanches have been reported in the last few days. A persistent weak layer in the snowpack.
Avalanche problems in the area
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NE storm Tursday to Saturday with heavy snowshowers.
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HeightAbove 500 m.
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Mf crust on top of faceted crystals, might be eroded in some places in strong SW-winds before the new snow last week.
Snow layers and snow cover
NE snowstorm on Thursday to Saturday with heavy snowshowers. Before there was deep powder snow in valleys in the northern part. A weak layer was cound in a snowpit in Siglufjörður in the Mf crust below the wind slab. There are also wind slabs after strong N-winds on Monday last week and finally N-NE winds on Sunday-Monday with some snowfall.
Recent avalanches
A large slab avalanche fell in W-aspect of Pallahnjúkur around 23:00 on 17.2. The avalanche reached down to the walley bottom and over the river. One new slab avalanche was seen on Monday morning in Ólafsfjörður and another one in Ytri-Árdalur on Tuesday. On Thursday, an avalanche was reported in Ósbrekkufjall. It is ecpected that more avalanches will be reported when weather improves.
Weather forecast
Less NE wind and pecipitation on Saturday. Snowshowers the next few days.
