CaucasusMOSCOW, Jan 17 A high risk of avalanches is predicted in the mountains of the North Caucasus in the coming days , experts urge skiing enthusiasts to listen to the forecasts of avalanche danger on the slopes, Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, told RIA Novosti. the fact that heavy precipitation in the form of sleet is expected in the coming days, so the likelihood of avalanches is increasing,» Vilfand said. weather in the south of European Russia at the beginning of the week, he noted that the preventive descent of avalanches is carried out at the resorts and in the vicinity in order to avoid an emergency.