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Chamonix Avalanche Forecast now on Twitter
Posted: 08 December 2011 08:06 PM  
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I will be tweeting a summary of the Chamonix and Haute Savoie avalanche forecast in English, every day this winter.

Anyone wanting to receive it just needs to follow @AvalancheAcad on twitter.

Stay safe

 
 
Posted: 08 December 2011 09:53 PM   [ # 1 ]  
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ta very much

 
 
Posted: 09 December 2011 08:27 AM   [ # 2 ]  
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were they not already/also available on this very website?

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Posted: 09 December 2011 03:04 PM   [ # 3 ]  
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They were automatic translations which I then ran through a post processor to clean up and make more sense of. I’ve taken a slightly different tack this year. From this page you can get WAP/Cellphone friend versions of the French bulletin:

http://pistehors.com/backcountry/wiki/Avalanches/Avalanche-Bulletin

and if you have a javascript enabled browser Google will translate them for you. This was a request from people who are doing multiday trips and who have limited connectivity in the mountains. Each bulletin is about 3k long. Tested on my ancient WAP enabled mobile from 2400 meters this week.

There won’t be a Haute-Savoie bulletin from the 15th but bulletins will cover each mountain range, so you’ll get a Chablais bulletin, a Mont Blanc bulletin etc. Assuming all launches as planned by Meteo France I’ll see what can be done with the format to make it more accessible.

 
 
Posted: 09 December 2011 10:44 PM   [ # 4 ]  
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Davidof, good work. Thanks.

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Posted: 12 December 2011 09:03 PM   [ # 5 ]  
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Good effort Davidof, very useful!

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Posted: 14 December 2011 07:30 PM   [ # 6 ]  
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Good work. I don’t know if you are aware but Chamonet link to your old page here. 
http://www.chamonet.com/reports/weather/forecast.html

 
 
Posted: 15 December 2011 09:20 AM   [ # 7 ]  
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Ok so Meteo France has launched the new avalanche bulletin… unfortunately all the text is contained in an image. So it is not easy to do much with, in fact not easy to access on small screen devices.

Epic Fail by Meteo France and probably against article 47 de la loi du 11 février (no 2005-102) whereby information must be presented in a form accessible to people with visual impairments.

 
 
Posted: 15 December 2011 09:23 AM   [ # 8 ]  
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yeah i had noticed it was all in one image,

don’t no this article, but your are probably correct. but they are a minority so it doesnt matter so much.... not.

 
 
Posted: 15 December 2011 09:27 AM   [ # 9 ]  
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I can’t help but think we’ve got the best system here in Switzerland.

The national bulletin is published at 1700hr with the translation available at 1830hrs. The Regional Avalanche Bulletins are then published in the morning at 8.00 am in French or German. In extreme conditions, or if there’s a major overnight alteration, the national bulletin is republished.

Some links :

http://www.slf.ch/lawineninfo/lawinenbulletin/nationale_lawinenbulletins/index_EN

http://www.slf.ch/lawineninfo/lawinenbulletin/regionale_lawinenbulletins/rbuvs/rbuvs_c_EN

And some “meta” information :

how bulletins are made : http://www.slf.ch/lawineninfo/zusatzinfos/howto/index_EN & http://www.slf.ch/lawineninfo/zusatzinfos/interpretationshilfe/grundlagen/index_EN

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Posted: 15 December 2011 09:34 AM   [ # 10 ]  
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I’ve been reading them Ise, they are bloody great! Like you said its an efficient service!

I keep an eye on the lower Valais one, as its reasonably close to the Mont Blanc Massif.

I also follow the romande forecast on meteo suisse which seems to be pretty good too.

 
 
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oops.... just recalled the SAIS reports are brilliant as well ........... http://www.sais.gov.uk/

so the Swiss & Scottish reports are the best

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