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Check out the various links on this page
http://utahavalanchecenter.org/online_tutorials
The numerous tutorials link has loads of info not just on awareness but also practical stuff on analysing snowpack, testing stability rescue etc.
A lot of it is by Bruce Tremper (Author of Staying alive in Avalanche Terrain) and it works well with the book.
Enjoy
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's have some useful links they could post them here too.
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Obviously
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isn't a real person
You can download an avalanche awaernsss quiz from Glenmore lodge, the scottish national training centre
http://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk/avalanche.asp
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?
Lots of training videos on TGR some in association with BCA
http://www.tetongravity.com/snowlab/avi_education_videos.aspx
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They only forecast for scotland but the SAIS blogs are worth reading. For example this post from the Creag Meagaidh observers -
http://saismeagaidh.blogspot.com/2010/01/avalanche-pre-cursors.html
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
A very noticeable error in that Utah avalanche site. It states that "avalanches are possible on any slope steeper than 30°".
This is wrong. Avalanches occur regularly on slopes as gentle as 25° or even 20° and wet-snow slides have been known to occur on slopes even flatter than that.
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stevomcd
, Its misleading but its not wrong, avalanches can happen on any slope steeper than 30degrees
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A tad pedantic, no? The information is intended to inform the reader of the range of slope angles which are vulnerable to avalanche. As such, it is wrong.
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