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

A picture of a large avalanche coming down the side of a mountain.
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…
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