avalanche safety

In a year when we feel like we're hearing about an overwhelming amount of avalanche victims, this area in Montana is reporting a 3rd consecutive year with zero avalanche fatalities after increasing education efforts. Increased Education Efforts Meant There Were No Avalanche Fatalities in Cooke...

Getting into the backcountry and being able to ski/navigate (not to mention have a good time) is one of my biggest goals as a skier right now. Naturally, no one wants to get caught out in bad conditions, so I want to skill build to be able to recognize avalanche conditions and have some basic...

The CAIC published a comparison of avalanche incidents and deaths this season versus last season on their blog. Their conclusion is that fatalities are about the same but human-triggered avalanches are up significantly. The 32 people caught in avalanches in January 2019 is the worst month since...

In light of the current interest in avalanches here, perhaps some people will be interested in this webinar on 1/23/19. Mountaineers Books, a way respectable merchant of outdoor adventure books, is hosting a webinar called “Terrain Choice - The Secret to Avalanche Safety” by Bruce Tremper, who...

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/one-person-dead-after-avalanche-occurs-near-aspen/73-c6d449a4-ce9c-4765-9735-622b5cfc40ad

I’ve been thinking a lot about skier compaction in the backcountry, especially at very popular spots like Berthoud Pass, Loveland Pass and Meadow Mtn Bear Minturn. For instance, in specific areas of Berthoud Pass (Mainline, Powderline/Bonanza...the 20° slopes right off the parking lot at the...

Pretty tragic. And amazing that a current and former member of Mountain Rescue Aspen apparently had not read the avalanche forecast. Sidecountry is backcountry. http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/acc/acc_co.php# Select the Maroon Bowl report.

April 5: Sentinel Pass avalanche https://gripped.com/news/skier-saved-from-deep-under-rockies-avalanche/ Apologies if this has been posted already.

Apparently a guy skied off Flower Point here in Whitefish and is MIA. We have open boundaries, so this is perfectly permissable, but no less fraught with danger, especially given the snow storm that has been going on here. I hope the dogs can find him, because 12" fell since yesterday, and...

The area has seen its first major avalanche of the season with the storm that went through here the past few days. From the Sierra Avalanche Center https://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/observation/avalanche/2017/nov/16/size-2-avalanche-hourglass Avalanche Type: Dry Slab Slope: 35degrees...

Just read an article on Powder (http://www.powder.com/stories/features/scenes-biggest-winter-generation/), and it contained this anecdote about Mammoth last year: After 104 inches in five days, the upper mountain opened on January 24 under blue skies.... I got in the gondy line early and... was...

The Desert Research Institute released a study on July 14th concerning the connection between atmospheric rivers and avalanche deaths in the Western United States From the article: Atmospheric Rivers, as described by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are “relatively...

We have been asked by a few for this forum. Right now there are prefixes set up for different types of discussion. Once the forum grows, we can break them out into their own subforums but in the meantime we will keep them all here. If there is anything glaringly missing, we can add it.

Pro Freeskier Matilda Rapaport is *reported* in a coma after a July 14th avalanche. Snowbrains report Chile has had an incredible snow year, which has to be leaving the avalanche danger at an all time high.

CBS News reports two major avalanches, killing three people in one day. Deadly Avalanches strike Wyoming, Washington state The one in Wyoming was just outside of the Jackson Hole boundaries, involving 3 skiers, one survivor. The Avalanche in Washington was near Mt Baker, involving 2 skiers...

Its hard to imagine that much can shake JT Holmes, but he is still shaken up a bit after being buried and unconscious in an avalanche. JT Holmes is grateful to be alive, thanks to the prepared individuals he was skiing with, as well as the discussion about avalanche protocol and beacon practice...

A year ago this week, part of Colorado Tuesdays In The Snow Crew (@SBrown , @FairToMiddlin , @Drahtguy Kevin , Gary & myself) took an Avy 1 class in Rocky Mountain National Park with Climbing Life Guides. This was something we felt strongly taking since we spend a fair amount of time skiing together. A few...

With the interesting snow fall this year, combined with interesting temperature changes between snow storms, some areas here reportedly risky. A skier was fully buried in an avalanche in WA yesterday, but uninjured, where reports of avy risk are crazy. How is the risk where you ski?