AVALANCHE RISK IN THE KHIBINY MOUNTAINS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY

• Main Author: М.А. Викулина
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Для почтовых отправлений: 199155 Санкт-Петербург, а/я 136, Редакция журнала «Гидросфера. Опасные процессы и явления» / For mail: 199155 St. Petersburg, PO Box 136 Editorial Board of the «Hydrosphere. Hazardous processes and phenomena». 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; concept of risk; Khibiny Mountains; snow avalanches; avalanche hazard; avalanche risk; recreation; Арктика; Хибины; лавинный риск; социальный риск; лавинная опасность; зимний туризм; Khibiny; Kirovsk
• Online Access: https://hydro-sphere.ru/index.php/hydrosphere/article/view/170

At the moment, the Khibiny mountains are one of the most dynamically developing regions in the Arctic. Over the past decade, the number of tourists visiting the area of Kirovsk has increased 10 times. Such types of winter tourism as skiing and cross-country skiing are developed here. Khibiny mountai...