A major landslide of up to 100,000,000 cubic metres (130,000,000 cu yd) of material is said to be impending on the unstable mountainside, so an emergency preparedness service, the Åknes/Tafjord intermunicipal company (IKS), has closely monitored the area since 2009.

[2] Even a smaller slide of about 2,000,000 cubic metres (2,600,000 cu yd) could cross the valley floor, potentially devastating buildings and damaging the Rauma Line railway and European route E136.

As a precaution, on October 22 several houses potentially in the path of a landslide were evacuated and the Rauma Line stopped its four-times-a-day rail service.

Geologist Lars Harald Blikra told a news conference that the lower part of the mountain has also increased its rate of motion.

[5] Various movements from 2014-2018 triggered a "red alert" status, causing the temporary evacuation of nearby residents and railway closures.