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The SLF uses various media to provide information on the current snow and avalanche situation in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
www.slf.ch
The avalanche bulletin, snow maps, measured values at the measuring stations, the AvaBlog and annual reports as well as the full descriptions of these products are published on the SLF website.
With RSS Feeds you can stay up to date with the publication of new avalanche bulletin.
White Risk
With the SLF's free White Risk app, you can quickly and easily consult the avalanche bulletin, the snow maps, the measured values at the measuring stations and the AvaBlog when you are on the move. Push alerts notify you of unscheduled bulletins (an additional bulletin in the winter, an avalanche bulletin in summer as a result of the situation) and other important information relating to the avalanche bulletin. The app is available in four languages (German, French, Italian and English) from the iTunes App Store (for iPhone) or Google Play Store (for Android).
Whiterisk.ch is another website provided by the SLF that allows users to retrieve all the information available on the current snow and avalanche situation.
Both the White Risk website and the corresponding app also feature background knowledge about avalanches as well as tools for use in the field. If you want to use the backcountry tour planning section, you will need to purchase a licence on the internet (www.whiterisk.ch).
Radio
In the winter months, SRF 1 broadcasts interviews about the avalanche situation at 4.50 pm each day. Such interviews are also broadcast on many other radio stations in particular just prior to the weekend or in case of increased avalanche danger. In Italian-speaking Switzerland the interviews are organised in cooperation with MeteoSwiss.
Television
SRF 1, SRF info, RTS, RSI: During each channel's weather forecasts shortly before or shortly after 8 pm. Often on Fridays, but occasionally on other days as well. In particular when there is an increased avalanche danger.
Natural Hazards portal
The MeteoSwiss app and www.natural-hazards.ch provide an overview of the natural hazards situation in Switzerland. They show the danger levels for all the natural hazards for which warnings are issued (rain, thunderstorms, floods, snow, avalanches, heat wave, frost, slippery roads, wind, forest fires, earthquakes) and provide general information about the individual hazards and how to respond to them. The information for this is supplied by the Swiss federal government's natural hazard agencies, namely the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, and the Swiss Seismological Service (SED).
Social Media
The avalanche warning service posts messages on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter with the identifier whiteriskslf. The posts complement the information published at slf.ch and at White Risk, but do not replace it.
You can help us to process information methodically and quickly by reporting observations relating to the avalanche situation or accidents not via social media, but with the WhiteRisk app or by way of our website.