Line Bertelsen Løvoll lives in the Bakkeby area. On Sunday morning, she and her husband suddenly became aware of an avalanche, clearly visible on the mountainside. They picked up the binoculars to study the landslide more closely. Then they see two people walking straight into the avalanche area. Photo: Kyrre Løvoll – It looked like they were going calmly and nicely, and there didn’t seem to be any panic, says Løvoll. She took it to mean that the skiers were not looking for avalanche victims. After stepping into the large landslide area and exploring the area a bit, the people proceeded to the top of the mountain. They were there for quite some time before they drove back down next to the landslide and down to the car park. Photo: Kyrre Løvoll / Kyrre Løvoll Mayor: – Really worrying Mayor of Nordreisa, Hilde Nyvoll, confirms that the municipal management was notified of a full emergency call to Vardfjellet, on the basis that witnesses saw tracks that went straight into the landslide. Helicopter, police helicopter, air ambulance and volunteers moved out. The action was called off after a short time. The police received confirmation from the skiers that they were the ones who triggered the avalanche, and that no one else had been caught. Photo: Aurora Berg / news The mayor says she can understand that people want to go out in the mountains when the sun is shining from a cloudless sky on powder snow. – But with such a black backdrop, with all the warnings that have gone out on all channels and in all the country’s media, where warnings have been given about all the landslides and with all the lives that have been lost. The fact that people are still traveling in avalanche terrain really worries me. – More lives will be lost if you fail to comply with the strong warnings that have been given, says Nyvoll. Today’s landslide in Nordreisa comes on top of a dramatic weekend for people in Nord-Troms. On Friday, four people died in various avalanche accidents. Two of the dead were ski tourists in Lyngen and Nordreisa. The police ask people to listen to the advice All over northern Norway, it is beautiful winter weather on Palm Sunday. And even on steep mountain sides there are ski tracks. Storsteinnestinden in Tromsø. Photo: Privat In recent days, there have been warnings about life-threatening conditions in the mountains. The police ask people to listen to the advice before setting out on a trip. – Then it will be up to each individual whether they think it is worth taking that trip, says operations manager Rune Nilsen at the police in Troms. He says the police do not run any outreach activities to inform ski tourists. – It will be very difficult. We often run from assignment to assignment, and don’t have the capacity, says Nilsen.
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Mayor out against those who defy warnings
