Updated:
24/05/2021 12:50
Salvamont Arges on Monday issued a warning that there is a moderate risk of avalanches at over 1,800m elevations, and in the Balea Lac-Cota 2000 Transfagarasan sector snow gets 137cm deep, agerpres reports.
"At this moment, the snow layer measures 137 centimeters in the Balea Lac-Cota 2000 Transfagarasan sector. Temperatures at the summit will remain between -2 up to +12 degrees Celsius, which will moisten the frozen layer at night. The reported avalanche danger is 2, moderate risk, at elevations of above 1,800m; below, snow cover is discontinuous. Moderate risk does not mean the absence of avalanche risk! Even at 1,800-1,900m people can be caught by avalanches coming from higher elevations; in addition, not all wet slabs at lower elevations can be quantified," according to Salvamont Arges.