Originally Posted by
FishyFolk
Here the police is the only authority that can tell people to get out of an area. I.e mandatory evacuation.
The mountain rescue services are a volunteer organisation and can of course inform about anything they please, including advice people about apropriatre kit for the conditions. But it
is up to the public if they want to follow the advice.
But to me the worst kind are the "experts". People who claim they know everything, which makes them immune to avalanches, and everything else nature thrws at them...those are the people found when spring comes....