VIDEO: Know Before You Go | “With Great Freedom Comes Great Responsibility” With the freedom of the backcountry comes responsibility. This social responsibility in avalanche terrain is paramount as backcountry use explodes. In this video, we'll outline three key factors that are imperative to protect ourselves as well as the access we have to backcountry terrain. Utah Avalanche Center Teton Gravity Research #KnowBeforeYouGo Posted by Know Before You Go on Tuesday, February […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 16, 2016 1 Comment
“How Avalanches Kill People” | by National Geographic Cartoon avalanches start with a snowball merrily rolling downhill, picking up more snow as it travels. That’s not how it really works, say avalanche experts, which explains the deadly results of recent avalanches that caught hikers off guard in Nepal. “Avalanches are a crazy thing,” says Karl Birkeland, director of the U.S. Forest Service National Avalanche Center in Bozeman, Montana. “They are natural disasters that we can trigger ourselves.” In Nepal, blizzard-driven avalanches have been blamed for the death of hikers on the […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 30, 2014 1 Comment
Why Wearing a Vest Instead of a Backpack in Avalanche Terrain Can Be Dangerous: I’ve been seeing an emergence of people wearing vests in the backcountry instead of backpacks. Wearing a vest where you wear your avalanche gear on the outside in avalanche terrain in dangerous. Period. Why is it dangerous? Simple: Your gear is not enclosed. Your shovel blade, your shovel handle, and your probe are on the outside of your vest. One of the number one rules of […] Avalanche Miles Clark | August 19, 2014 18 Comments
Avalanche Expert, Bruce Tremper, Says Avalanche Airbag Backpacks Save 50% Of Avy Victims Bruce Tremper, the director of the Utah Avalanche Center, thinks everyone should wear an avalanche airbag backpack. When asked if he wears and avalanche airbag backpack, Bruce had this to say: “I only us it on the dangerous days. Then I have to think, well if it’s dangerous, why am I going there. So, that’s a better choice, I think, is to say, hm […] Avalanche SnowBrains | December 18, 2013 4 Comments
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