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Five levels, not evenly spaced.
Also known as: European avalanche danger scale, Avalanche hazard rating
The five-level scale reporting avalanche hazard in mountain regions.
Reports the regional avalanche hazard on a five-level scale.
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The levels are not evenly spaced: the step from level three to level four represents a far larger increase in hazard than the step from one to two, which is the single most misunderstood property of the scale.
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Reports a regional hazard rather than the condition of any particular slope, so the number cannot answer whether a specific route is safe.
A regional rating is not an assessment of any individual slope; nothing here is a safety judgement.
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A numeral from one to five on a coloured ground, displayed with a pictogram of a slope, at trailheads and in published bulletins.