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Avalanche danger scale

How to Properly Interpret the Avalanche Danger Scale

This article originally appeared on the Utah Avalanche Center website You must remember four important points about this scale: The scale is not linear. Your risk increases about twofold for each rising level on the danger scale. In other words, you take on twice as much risk at Moderate as Low and you take on four times more risk going [โ€ฆ]

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AvyBrains | February 15, 2023
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Switzerland Implements Changes to Avalanche Warnings

dry avalanche in Utah

The Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) responded to requests to make its Avalanche Warning System more detailed by implementing a change in the way the warning system operates. They are pioneering a new path toward avalanche safety with a major change. The five categories of danger remain the same: 1- Low  2- Moderate  3 โ€“ Considerable [โ€ฆ]

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Riley McDonald | December 6, 2022
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