If you are a snowboarder or a skier and if you stay in the mountains very often, you should inevitably know degrees of avalanches danger. It can safe your life and even other people lives. All over the world there are many methods of informing and warning against avalanches. In Poland dangerous places are marked with yallow and black chequers, which are supplemented with some inscription. Another, and also the most popular form for defining this danger is using specific score scale which is presented below.

I DEGREE (slight danger)- there is a stable snow cover, for some time there are no snowfalls, avalanche is possible only when there is a very big pressure. These are conditions in which tourism and ski-alpinism practising is relatively safe for particular area.

II DEGREE (moderate danger)- there was a snowfall- about 10-20 cm of new snow, snow cover is dense on avarage level, avalanche is possible when there is a big pressure /e.g. a group of skiers/ on the steep slopes. It is necessary to be very careful while covering steep slopes and passes.

III DEGREE (quite big danger)- there was a snowfall- about 20-40 cm of new snow, snow cover on steep slopes is rather weakly dense, an avalanche may be caused by skiers jump or by a hiker. Practising of hiking and ski-alpinism need very big experience /some places must be avoided/ everybody should be very careful on the slopes with a new snow and avoid very steep slopes.

IV DEGREE (big danger)- there was a snowfall- about 40-70 cm of new snow, on the steep slopes there is everywhere very weakly densed snow cover, there is a possibility of spontaneous avalanche falling. Staying at the dangerous ground must be absolutely limited, it is possible to move only on safe tracks while keeping all caution and safety measures.

V DEGREE (very big danger)- there was a snowfall- about 70-100 cm of new snow, snow cover is very weakly densed at all slopes, avalanches arise spontaneously. THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE BAN ON GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS!!