{"id":25853,"date":"2021-12-06T19:09:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=25853"},"modified":"2021-12-06T19:09:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:09:11","slug":"scottish-avalanche-information-service-forecasts-stepping-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/scottish-avalanche-information-service-forecasts-stepping-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Avalanche information service forecasts stepping up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Scottish Avalanche Information Service forecasts have already begun for Northern Cairngorms and Lochaber. From this Friday 10th December reports for all of the 6 operational areas of Lochaber, Glencoe, Creag Meagaidh, Southern Cairngorms , Northern Cairngorms and Torridon regions will be issued from daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coldingham-9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coldingham-9-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coldingham-9-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coldingham-9-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coldingham-9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coldingham-9-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Debris from a huge avalanche in the Northern Corries last winter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As well as providing detailed daily forecasts which hillwalkers can use in combination with weather reports to plan their routes, the SAIS also maintains a record of avalanche activity across Scotland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hillwalkers and climbers are asked to report any avalanches they witness to the SAIS via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sais.gov.uk\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0where the daily reports can also be viewed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year SAIS co-ordinator Mark Diggins answered questions on avalanches posed by Walkhighlands users \u2013 read it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/avalanches-in-scotland-interview-with-mark-diggins\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/beaware.sais.gov.uk\/\">Be Avalanche Aware<\/a> website and phone app for lots of avalanche information for hillwalkers as well as the forecasts themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Avalanche Information Service forecasts have already begun for Northern Cairngorms and Lochaber. From this Friday 10th December reports for all of the 6 operational areas of Lochaber, Glencoe, Creag Meagaidh, Southern Cairngorms , Northern Cairngorms and Torridon regions will be issued from daily. As well as providing detailed daily forecasts which hillwalkers can use in combination with weather reports to plan their routes, the SAIS also maintains a record of avalanche activity across Scotland. Hillwalkers and climbers are asked to report any avalanches they witness to the SAIS via the\u00a0website\u00a0where the daily reports can also be viewed. Last<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/scottish-avalanche-information-service-forecasts-stepping-up\/\"><\/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":25854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-access-issues","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25853","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=25853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25855,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25853\/revisions\/25855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}