 Poster: A snowHead
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The Canadian Avalanche Centre, in conjunction with Simon Fraser University, is seeking survey participants for a study on out-of-bounds avalanche decision making. Findings from the study will be used to develop tools for communicating avalanche risk and assisting out-of-bounds decisions making.
The study includes an online survey with questions about experience and background, typical skiing/riding partners, perceptions of avalanches and ski patrol and an interactive ‘pick a run’ exercise.
All participants will be entered in a prize draw for:
• One Ortovox S1 avalanche transceivers
• Two Black Diamond AvaLung backpacks
At the conclusion of the study interested participants will be emailed a personal analysis sheet that includes a comparison of your avalanche hazard consideration to other study participants.
The survey can be found at: http://www.outbounds.rem.sfu.ca
Your support for study would be much appreciated. Please pass the link onto to anyone you know who would be suitable for this study.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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done - 20 mins is the bare minimum, and the wording is really very much aimed at North American territory rather than European on/off-piste differentiation.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've just done it, but dificult, even more so as most (all) of my offpiste skiing is in Scotland.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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matason can you confirm that they would ship prizes to Europe should any snowhead win??
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'd go as far as saying you should probably uninvite Euros from the survey if you don't want distorted results. Questions like whether ski patrol are supportive of Out of Bounds skiing in Europe are irrrelevant and/or confusing. Plus line selection on tree pitches isn't an option many of us have on a regular basis.
No mention of other factors such as ice, crunky snow, crevasses, exposure which might impact on decisions to go OFB.
Be interested how you deal with the self selection issue however - I'd be surprised if your average out of bounds reckless gaper found the study.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Many questions just didn't apply or were meaningless, or sometimes either answer might apply depending on conditions.
fatbob, yes, I agree and said so.
In my experience pisteurs are very reluctant to give advice about particular runs and slopes but are happy to give facts where they know them.
I don't know why you say that about tree skiing - if you do much off-piste skiing in Europe you usually do a fair amount of tree skiing - though in some places it is restricted close to the resort, mostly it is not.
In the slope selection I could easily give different answers depending on specifics about conditions and snow history and slope direction and my familiarity with the slope etc which were not given.
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snowball,
My comment on tree skiing was meant to be that you usually have done a fair run off piste before you hit the tree line rather than "out of bounds" being nipping into some trees adjacent to the ski area as it may be in N America. There are exceptions of course but given the average European snow line v tree line it would be surprising if tree skiing meant exactly the same thing.
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fatbob, and there was way too little info in the scenarios... it seemed more about testing attitudes to risk than knowledge. No weather, inclination, wind or aspect information...
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stoatsbrother, Lack of wind and aspect bothered me too, although I think inclination could be derived by the slope grading.
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