#Avalanche

Guardians on the volcano

Image shows a helicopter flying above a backpacker on an ice-covered plain with mountains rising in the background.

Fresh snow on Mount Shasta, looking up at Avalanche Gulch from near treeline. Avalanches regularly occur here. The Avalanche Gulch route is the most popular route up the mountain and is typically best climbed in spring when the avalanche danger is low, snow coverage is still good, the days are longer and…

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Forecasting avalanches

Avalanche debris on the Boise National Forest near Yellow Pine, Idaho on April 16, 2019. (USDA Forest Service photo by Todd Leeds) You know about weather forecasters. What about avalanche forecasters?Fresh snow brings an increased amount of interest from backcountry winter sports enthusiasts…

When Snow Becomes Deadly: How to survive an Avalanche Forecast, Tools, and Training

Every year roughly 100,000 avalanches sweep down mountains across the U.S., damaging everything in their path and killing 28 people on average. In fewer than seven weeks, beginning on Dec. 18, 2020, avalanches took the lives of seven people in the U.S while skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling.We asked Simon Trautman, a national avalanche…

Guardians on the volcano

#SearchAndRescue, #Rescue, #Avalanche, #OutdoorSafety, #EmergencyResponse, #EmergencyPreparedness, #Recreation, #Winter, #WinterSports, #ShastaTrinityNationalForest

Forecasting avalanches

#Avalanche

When Snow Becomes Deadly: How to survive an Avalanche Forecast, Tools, and Training

#Avalanche, #OutdoorSafety, #Safety, #Technology, #Weather, #Snow, #Skiing