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How to consultate the products?

Telephone

Telephone number 187 / When calling from abroad, dial 0041/848 800 187

Over the telephone number 187 (CHF 0.50 per call and CHF 0.50 per minute) both the national avalanche bulletin (also in the summer if necessary!) and the regional avalanche bulletins as well as current information of automatic weather stations can be queried. From the foreign country you select the telephone number 0041/848 800 187. During hearing you can order a MMS. Say during hearing the appropriate avalanche bulletin "MMS". Thus the bulletin is ordered and you receives a MMS on your mobile phone (CHF -.50/MMS).

MMS direct order

If you send an SMS with the corresponding key word (see below) to the speed dial number 162, you will receive the desired avalanche bulletin as an MMS (CHF 0.50 per MMS).

Overview of keywords Keywords for national avalanche bulletins Keywords for regional avalanche bulletins
LAWINE LAWCHD (German) LAWBEO (Bernese Oberland)
LAWINEN LAWCHF (French) LAWZCH (central Switzerland)
LAWCHI (Italian) LAWEAN (northern flank of the Eastern Swiss Alps)
LAWBVS (Lower Valais)
LAWOVS (Upper Valais)
LAWNGR (northern and central Grisons)
L LAWSGR (southern Grisons)

WAP

In the winter you can access the avalanche bulletins daily. All year round there is the possibility to access weather data of the automatic stations.

Address: wap.slf.ch

To simplify retrieval of this information, proceed as follows: send an SMS with the message "wap slf" to the number 9234 (CHF 0.30 per SMS). You will immediately receive an SMS reply with the WAP link.

Teletext

The national avalanche bulletin can be viewed on Page 782 (SF1, SF2, SFinfo; German, French, Italian)