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Varsom

Name: Varsom
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Rating: 4.18 (1 reviews)

Navigate the backcountry with precision. Access professional-grade avalanche, flood, and ice warnings, specialized topographic maps, and community-sourced data designed for the calculated risk-taker.

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Key Figures

Downloads

88K+

User Rating

4.2/5

Total Ratings

Publisher

Norges Vassdrags- og Energidirektorat

Your Ultimate Safety Shield in the Backcountry

Varsom brings world-class Norwegian safety standards to your fingertips. Access real-time warnings, field observations, and specialized mapping to mitigate risks on every adventure.

Critical Hazard Monitoring

Receive instant notifications on avalanche risks and flood warnings, ensuring you never walk into a high-risk zone unprepared.

Expert Terrain Intelligence

Utilize advanced support maps and field inspections to analyze ice stability and landslide risks with professional-grade data.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

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Screenshots

Varsom - Introductory screen of the Varsom app displaying features like reading observations and receiving hazard warnings for mountain safety. — Introductory screen of the Varsom app displaying features like reading observations and receiving hazard warnings for mountain safety.

Varsom - Varsom app topographic map with avalanche and snow condition icons — Varsom app topographic map with avalanche and snow condition icons

Varsom - Varsom app menu to choose between snow ice and water and soil observations — Varsom app menu to choose between snow ice and water and soil observations

Varsom - Varsom app mobile screen displaying a detailed topographic map with terrain hazard overlays for outdoor safety. — Varsom app mobile screen displaying a detailed topographic map with terrain hazard overlays for outdoor safety.

Varsom - Map view in Varsom app displaying mountain safety observations and snow conditions — Map view in Varsom app displaying mountain safety observations and snow conditions

Varsom - Varsom app screen showing a detailed snow observation with a map and safety data — Varsom app screen showing a detailed snow observation with a map and safety data

Varsom - Varsom app interface for reporting snow conditions including ski quality, snow surface depth, and avalanche danger signs — Varsom app interface for reporting snow conditions including ski quality, snow surface depth, and avalanche danger signs

Varsom - A detailed snowpack observation form within the Varsom app, showing fields for snow conditions and depth. — A detailed snowpack observation form within the Varsom app, showing fields for snow conditions and depth.

Varsom - Varsom app screen showing a list of avalanche forecasts and risk levels for different regions — Varsom app screen showing a list of avalanche forecasts and risk levels for different regions

Varsom - Varsom app topographic map interface showing point data for altitude and inclination. — Varsom app topographic map interface showing point data for altitude and inclination.

Description

About Varsom Improve planning for winter trips into the hills and mountains or on frozen lakes. Prevent damage from floods with better knowledge. Report where you have seen avalanches. Together we can save lives and reduce damages due to avalanches, floods, landslides and dangerous ice conditions. This app gathers in one place the most important features from the Varsom Platform needed in the outdoors, for field inspections and for readiness, crisis management and rescue situations. Observations from regobs.no, warnings from varsom.no, and support maps from xgeo.no and iskart.no are included. The app is also available in English, such that visitors from abroad may read and submit observations, as well as receive warnings. As a bonus, the app now works well outside Norway. Varsom and the warning services for avalanches, landslides, ice conditions and floods are services provided by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) in co-operation with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.