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How To Slope Cut | Learn This Important Skill Before Heading To The Backcountry

Every skier or snowboarder entering a backcountry environment has the responsibility to know and perform a series of tests before dropping in for sweet, untouched turns. An important step in this process is the ski, or slope, cut. The National Avalanche Center has been kind enough to explain this technique! Ski or Slope Cut A stability test where a skier or rider rapidly crosses an avalanche […]

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Matt Brennan | October 23, 2017
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VIDEO: Ski Cut Leads to MASSIVE Avalanche In Chamonix Last Weekend!

This ski cut causes a major avalanche in Chamonix, France last weekend. Scary. This ski cut was well done. Learn up on how to ski cut: How to Ski Cut a Slope

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Claire Weiss | October 17, 2016
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