Avalanche Awareness Safety When in Avalanche Country

Types Slab Avalanche

Sluff Avalanche

Wet Avalanche

Powdery surface slide.

Occur when warm temps melt surface snow and saturates snow with water.

o Never Travel Alone • If buried, your group is your only hope for survival • When crossing avalanche terrain only allow one person to cross at a time.

o Bring All Avalanche Gear • Emergency Gear – first aid kit, headlamp, bivy sack, and repair kit • Shovel • Beacon • Probe

Occur when a hard layer of snow forms upon a weaker layer of snow.

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Causes of Death

o Look Avalanche Warnings • • • •

Recent Avalanches Rising Temperatures Wind Precipitation

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