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The Research: Risk Management Trends in U.S. Backcountry Accidents

by The High Route Editors | Dec 16, 2024 | Avalanche Department, Education | 0

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.

New Research on Trauma and Avalanche Fatalities

by Will McKay | Dec 3, 2024 | Avalanche Department, Education, Mountain Dispatches, News | 2

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.

Intuition and Uncertainty in Backcountry Travel

by Alex Rose-Innes | Nov 4, 2024 | Avalanche Department, Education, Opinion, The VPR Desk | 2

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.

Transceiver Signal Acquisition—A Chat with Ortovox

by Jason Albert | Oct 10, 2024 | Avalanche Department, Education | 0

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.