With cold temperatures and a not so deep snowpack depth hoar forms easily at the ground level, especially in the intermountain ranges like the Wasatch and Rockies. Add to that a fresh dump with a lot of mass and the ever eager skier to trigger it and you have the perfect formula for an avalanche fatality.
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The Human Snow Conveyor
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A strategy for shoveling snow with measurable improvement. Practicing how to locate a buried victim with an avalanche beacon has become common protocol in avalanche courses, and to a lesser extent, by private parties. However, in the case of a real rescue, locating victims can be accomplished relatively quickly (assuming everyone in the group is [...]
Posted in Avalanche, Dostie, Craig, Technique 
Tags: avalanche, Bruce Edgerly, Dale Atkins, human conveyor, Manuel Genswein, rescue, shoveling, strategic shoveling, strategy, v-shaped 
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