Avalanches
Title: Avalanches
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Avalanches
Avalanche Testing and Safety
White soft fluffy snow, hard to imagine something so innocent could be so destructive. Just picture a few tons of snow traveling down the mountain at approximately 80 miles per hour, taking down everything in its path. Avalanches have been a threat as long as there has been snow and mountains. Since I’m an avid backcountry skier it is important to learn about these life threatening snow masses. So in order
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cm is dangerous, 40cm is the skiers call, above 40cm is relatively safe.
Even though reading about these tests in books and on the internet it doesn’t mean you know what your doing. Its best to take an avalanche course where trained specialists show you what to do in actual avalanche environment. It’s especially important to take an avalanche course particular to your area, since snow is different in depending on the mountains.
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