Avalanche bulletin - Tröllaskagi 
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Wed Jan 22
Moderate danger -
Thu Jan 23
Moderate danger -
Fri Jan 24
Moderate danger
Unstable windslabs, especially in westerly aspects after rather stiff NE and E wind and snowfall. Snow cover is variable between valleys. New snowpit form Siglufjörður on Tuesday.
Snow layers and snow cover
Unstable windslabs gullies and new slabs likely in westerly facing slopes after NE and E snow storm this weekend and Monday. Snow cover is variable between places in the forecasting area. Snow pit from Siglufjörður 21.01. showed stiff wind slab ontop of older stiffer firn, CP fractured between layers with medium force at 38 cm depth. Faceting grains were found near bottom of pit between firn layers, like pit on 10.Jan.
Recent avalanches
One rather small avalanche fell in Siglufjarðarskarð by Siglufjörður on Monday 20.01.
Weather forecast
Light wind, dry and frost on Wednesday and Thursday, but stiffer easterly wind in Thursday evening, starts to snow in mountains but likely rain or sleet in lower elevations the night before Friday.
