Thinking about DEMS (Digital Elevation Models)
Digital mapping apps are essentials tools for most of us. Our reliance on them should come with some caveats. Let’s consider digital elevation models and their promise and shortcomings.
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Education
The home for articles and resources related to avalanche education.
The Research: Risk Management Trends in U.S. Backcountry Accidents
Heading into winter, which means more snow and changing variables, let’s pause and reflect on some findings that may make your backcountry excursions a bit safer.
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New Research on Trauma and Avalanche Fatalities
McCammon & McNeil put forward within their newly released paper that after analyzing nearly five decades of avalanche fatalities, trauma now accounts for nearly 50% of all fatalities. This, in theory, puts asphyxiation and trauma on similar levels of likelihood. And that is actually quite a big deal.
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Intuition and Uncertainty in Backcountry Travel
As winter approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, we offer up a think piece to get us all considering the decisions we make in the hills.
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Transceiver Signal Acquisition—A Chat with Ortovox
We continue our discussion about avalanche safety and signal acquisition. We caught up with Greg Mears, who works for ORTOVOX USA, to further discuss signal acquisition.
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