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Snow Fencing

Our snow barriers are designed in accordance with practices and standards of the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanches Research in Davos - SFISAR “Swiss Guidelines for avalanche control structures in the starting zone”, edition 2006. 



 

 

Standardized and acredited types of snow barriers
The thickness of the snow layer Dk(m)
Melting factor in avalanche starting zone N
Slope gradient ψ
(°)
Altitude factor fc*
2,5
2,5
45
1,1
2,5
3,2
45
1,1
3,0
2,5
45
1,1
3,0
3,2
45
1,1
3,5
2,5
45
1,1
3,5
3,2
45
1,1

 
 
 
 
 
 


*corresponds to the altitude of 2000 meters above sea level