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how to dig a snow pit

VIDEO: How To Dig a Snow Pit | by Bruce Tremper

snow pit technique

Bruce Tremper is a legend. He literally wrote the book on Avalanche safety: “How to Stay Alive in Avalanche Terrain.” In this video, he shows us how to dig a snow pit. Please pay attention. As head forecaster at the Utah Avalanche Center, Bruce Tremper has dug more snow pits than he can count. We caught up with Bruce in Grizzly Gulch and he walked us through the steps of properly digging a pit and identifying the weak snow layers that could potentially trigger an avalanche. […]

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SnowBrains | February 6, 2014
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