Highlighting the MIN
THR looks at Avalanche Canada’s Mountain Information Network (MIN) and finds a valuable tool for backcountry tourists.
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Tag: Avalanche awareness
Avalanche Education Resources from the Comfort of your Home
We’ve taken notice. “PWL,” or persistent weak layer, has populated many an avalanche forecast and the socials. From words like “touchy” to “spooky” to statements like “….avalanches may fail in a persistent weak layer and be up to 6′ deep,” caution is in the air. Here are a few resources to get your mind thinking about avalanche awareness.
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A Ski Cutting Primer
IFMGA guide Billy Haas presents the general rules he employs when using a ski cut as an avalanche mitigation technique.
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Revisiting Snow Fall
Every few years, I revisit a journalistic and interactive multimedia masterpiece, Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek, by John Branch. Branch, a sports writer for the NYT, has come to trade access to relatively high-profile outdoor athletes for what is a boon for readers; great prose and great insight. Published in 2012, more than a decade on, the piece resonates on many levels.
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