Utah Avalanche Center Releases New ‘Know Before You Go’ Program It’s October. The days are shortening. The weather’s cooling. Snow is going to start falling sooner than you know it. It’s time to dust the cobwebs off your avalanche brain and get it working again. A backcountry course raises your awareness of a multitude of factors concerning snow and wind patterns and navigating avalanche terrain. It helps in allowing you […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 6, 2022 0 Comments
Backcountry Safety Basics Part 4: Avalanche Forecasts [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vh05bNGaXM"] Clay Malott | February 11, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
How Well Do You Know How To Use Your Avalanche Beacon? | Part 2: Multiple Burials [arve url="https://youtu.be/eEAVoDH2Ios"] Mike Bartholow | February 11, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Where and How to Sign Up for a Level 1 Avalanche Safety Course New to the backcountry this season? Take your Level 1. Skied the backcountry before but haven’t taken an official course? Take your Level 1. Like skiing out of bounds? Take your Level 1. Do you nerd out about snow? Then take your Level 1. Taking your Level 1 avalanche certification course is crucial for getting your foot in the door […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 9, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Ski Cutting in the Backcountry: 9 Ways to Reduce the Obvious Risk [arve url="https://youtu.be/ma4m0l6oGOQ"] SnowBrains | February 8, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
What I Learned From Triggering an Avalanche in the Backcountry Last Season Brought to you by SCARPA You think you’re slick until you’re not. On April 16, 2020, I unintentionally triggered a small (but terrifying) soft-slab avalanche while skiing ‘Little Chute‘ on Mount Baldy at Alta Ski Area in Utah. This happened in the heart of a pandemic. It was my first real encounter with an avalanche and, needless to say, I […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 8, 2021 4 Comments
New This Month: The SnowBrains Avalanche Forecast Tab New this month is our Avalanche Forecast tab, courtesy of Avalanche.org! Avalanche education/awareness is a HUGE component of SnowBrains and now you are only one click away from every avalanche forecast available in the United States. Related: The SnowBrains Podcast – Episode #4 – What’s The #1 Tool Available To Skiers & Riders in Avalanche Terrain? If planning on skiing […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 15, 2020 0 Comments
Fund Started to Create Avalanche Education Scholarship In Honor of Backcountry Rider Killed This Season The Trace Carillo #dreamachieve Scholarship is seeking donations for the creation of an endowed scholarship to make avalanche education and training more accessible to those with financial need. Avalanche education is a key bridge that must be crossed in the path to becoming an experienced backcountry skier. Avalanche courses serve to better the skiing community by ensuring that every skier […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 22, 2020 0 Comments
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