2020 Frank Techel, Karsten Müller, and Jürg Schweizer The Cryosphere, 14, 3503–3521, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3503-2020 Abstract Consistency in assigning an avalanche danger level when forecasting or locally assessing avalanche hazard is essential but challenging to achieve, as relevant information is often scarce and must be interpreted in light of uncertainties. Furthermore, the definitions of the danger levels, an ordinal variable,…