quartz/content/notes/avalanche.md

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avalanche

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-luspmL_f1o

• Lower risk
• Avoid avi terrain
• safety gear
• what to consider
• using a guide

Reducing risk

• total avoidance (dont go backcountry at all)
• avoidance lite (avoid all avalanche terrain)
• recognising risk, accepting it, minimizing exposure
• use bulletin

avoidance

• stay in bounds/on piste
• use low angle slopes
• steep: 30-45 degrees

minimize exposure to risks

• know if you are in avalanche terrain
  • maps, guidbooks, photos
  • clinometers
  • quality level 1 course

Use the bulletin forecast

• low
• moderate : natural avalanches not likely, man made avalanches possible if you ski in the wrong spot
• considerable: if you ski in the wrong spot, human triggered avalances are likely

no overhead hazard: not below a large face or something

avalanche problem:

• persistent weak layer
• wind drifted snow