{"id":12053,"date":"2014-12-06T14:10:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T14:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=12053"},"modified":"2014-12-06T14:11:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T14:11:37","slug":"scottish-avalanche-forecasts-begin-for-new-winter-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/scottish-avalanche-forecasts-begin-for-new-winter-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Avalanche forecasts begin for winter season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bookle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bookle-600x379.jpg\" alt=\"bookle\" width=\"550\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12054\" \/><\/a>The Scottish Avalanche Information Service will begin producing daily avalanche forecasts for the 2014-2015 winter season from this Thursay, 11th December.<\/p>\n<p>Separate forecasts cover the main five operational areas &#8211; Lochaber, Glencoe, Creag Meagaidh, the Southern Cairngorms and the Northern Cairngorms. The forecast for Torridon will begin on the 24th Decemeber 2014; this will cover holiday periods and weekends throughout the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Avalanche Information Service is funded by SportScotland; it began operating as the Scottish Avalanche Project in 1988 when it covered two areas, the Northern Cairngorms and Glencoe. As well as the daily forecasts, the service website also contains a wealth of information about avalanche hazards on the Scottish hills, and has a form where users can report avalanches.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sais.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.sais.gov.uk\/<\/a><br \/>\nWalkhighlands&#8217; page on <a href=\"\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/safety\/avalanche-safety.shtml\">Avalanche safety<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Avalanche Information Service will begin producing daily avalanche forecasts for the 2014-2015 winter season from this Thursay, 11th December. Separate forecasts cover the main five operational areas &#8211; Lochaber, Glencoe, Creag Meagaidh, the Southern Cairngorms and the Northern Cairngorms. The forecast for Torridon will begin on the 24th Decemeber 2014; this will cover holiday periods and weekends throughout the rest of the season. The Scottish Avalanche Information Service is funded by SportScotland; it began operating as the Scottish Avalanche Project in 1988 when it covered two areas, the Northern Cairngorms and Glencoe. As well as the daily forecasts,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/scottish-avalanche-forecasts-begin-for-new-winter-season\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12056,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12053\/revisions\/12056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}