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Keeping an eye on the geography or layout of the terrain can go a long way in helping you stay safe in the backcountry. Photo: Screenshot
Editor’s Note:
If
you’re interested in learning more about traveling, and riding, safely in the backcountry, check out Sam Thackeray’s Essential Avalanche Awareness Guide
here. The Inertia readers get a 100 percent discount with code WELCOME10.
In the avalanche world, there’s no silver bullet. There’s no one thing that’s going to keep you safe out there. But the closest thing we have to that is terrain and learning how to identify and manage your avalanche terrain. You can learn more here or in my new class with Inspire Courses, the Essential Avalanche Awareness Guide.
Staff
Editor’s Note:
If you’re interested in learning more about traveling, and riding, safely in the backcountry, check out Sam Thackeray’sEssential Avalanche Awareness Guide
here. The Inertia readers get a 100 percent discount with code WELCOME10.
For a long time, the focus of avalanche education was very heavy on science. The idea was that if we could just teach people how to go out and dig pits, identify grain types and sizes, and do snowpack tests, they’d be able to go out there on their own and gather all this information that would help keep people safe.