Tag: 07 Avalanche Avoidance
Pulling Slope Angles
Trivia: Inclinometers are used in aircraft to show magnetic dip or the angle from the horizon. Clinometers are used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation. Goniometers are instruments that either measures angle or allows an object to be rotated to a precise angular position. Regardless of what you use […]
Avalanche Avoidance – Part III
Snow is stable roughly 95% of the time, but the remaining 5% is often the most desirable time to go skiing, like right after a big phat powder dump on a bluebird day. Avalanche safety takes years of practice and as much as anything else, it is about developing avalanche eyes for what will slide, […]
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