First out with avalanche forecasts are the Abisko and Riksgränsen mountains.

The development of events is published continuously and can be followed on lavinprognoser.se and in social media.

The risk of avalanches is assessed on a five-point scale where 1 is small and 5 is ranked as extreme.

SVT has spoken with Stefan Hedlund, who is area manager at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.

The avalanche danger is difficult to assess at present.

Right now we have a thin snow cover and they are often weak.

There are some problem areas that we are worried about, he says.

Plenty of snow in higher terrain

But the mountains do not even gape on snow and the higher up you get, the more the white blanket spreads out.

- You should not be fooled when driving a car after the E10.

In higher terrain, at a level of about 900 meters, it looks better, says Hedlund and announces that from 26 February there will also be avalanche forecasts for the Kebnekaise mountains.

In the clip, Stefan Hedlund lists three things you should keep in mind when staying in the mountain environment