© Ragnar Ekker
Our mission
The primary purpose of the European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) is to support its members in preventing loss of life and damage due to avalanches by providing society with efficient and effective avalanche forecasting and warning services.
Glossary
An alphabetical list of knowledge, terms and definitions, providing users with broad to pinpoint information.
Standards
Common standards form the foundation for collaboration between European Avalanche Warning Services.
About EAWS
EAWS, the European Avalanche Warning Services, aim to prevent the loss of lives and damage due to avalanches.
Events/News
Information about extraordinary events
Recommendations approved by the EAWS General Assembly in Davos in 2022 During the past five years an international working group […] 12. April 2023 The 21th Conference of the European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) takes place in Davos from 15th – 17th June 2022. 31. December 2021 The first online conference of the European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) took place from 15th – 16th June 2021. 13. December 2021 The 20th Conference of the European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) takes place in Oslo from 12th – 14th June 2019. 11. May 2019 The ISSW is the world’s largest conference on snow and avalanches and will be hosted in Austria from October 7 to 12, 2018. 01. October 2018 © Jostein Aasen EAWS introduce a standard for typical avalanche problems and changes the names of avalanche sizes and the wording of the European avalanche danger scale. 31. August 2018 © Ragnar Ekker EAWS prevents the loss of lives and damages due to avalanches. Mission The primary purpose of European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) is to support its Members in preventing the loss of lives and damages due to avalanches by providing the society with efficient and effective avalanche forecasting and warning services. 30. June 2018Site specific avalanche warning in Europe
EAWS Conference Davos, 06/2022
EAWS online conference Davos, 06/2021
EAWS Conference Oslo, 06/2019
ISSW 2018 Innsbruck, 10/2018
EAWS News, 08/2018
EAWS News, 06/2018