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Thu, Feb 02, 2006

Staying On Top of the Snow

Posted at 09:00 /shows/skills [link [Bookmark Link]]
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[Avalanche photo by Brad White, courtesy of avalanche.org] This skills program is an introduction to avalanche safety. Gary Bard, an avalanche safety instructor for Mountain Adventure Seminars, talks about easy ways to stay out of avalanches, and describes a rescue. Brandon Schwartz of the Sierra Avalanche Center talks about avalanche forecasting and the Snow Condition Report. Tom Murphy, of the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE), talks about avalanche safety education.

There's a lot of additonal information about avalanche-related organizations, and avalanche safety, under the To find out more... link, below.



   

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