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INFOGRAPH: 8 Interesting Facts About Avalanches

After a week with lots of snow––and lots of avalanches––it is good to remind ourselves about the risks that skiing and being at the mountains involve, and more importantly, try to minimize them as much as we can. The following graphs are only a couple of interesting facts about avalanches that are good to know, but won’t save our lives. There is only one […]

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Matias Ricci | January 12, 2017
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“Tiny Avalanches Can Kill You” | by Lou Dawson

  Lou Dawson of WildSnow.com just wrote a great piece on how small pieces of terrain can be mortally dangerous as well.  Small avalanches can bury and kill a man just as easily as big avalanches.  It’s key to always keep your guard up and this article gives us a few more pieces of information for our avalanche arsenal.  Lou’s tips […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 6, 2013
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Wet Avalanche Charges Into Green Zone & Wet Avalanche Destroys French Chairlift | Learn More About Wet Avys:

It’s frightening to realize that you could be far below snow line on a summer day and end up getting bulldozed by an powerful wet snow avalanche.  It’s a reality that we all need to learn about and this is the exact right time of year to focus on it. This video shows the power of a wet avalanche running […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 4, 2013
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Brain Post: 7 Incredible Facts About the Rings of Saturn | Unreal Photos of the Rings

{Everyday, SnowBrains.com is gonna publish one “Brain” post per day. Something that we think will interest you, challenge you, and be something you can use in a dinnertime conversation that day.} Saturn’s Rings are one of most incredible features in the solar system.  Who are we kidding, besides life on Earth, Saturn’s rings are the single most fascinating macro-objects in […]

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Miles Clark | April 8, 2013
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