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By Jeremy Jones One of the biggest evolutions in evaluating backcountry travel and avalanche safety is the frequency and ease of getting your local avalanche report.  With a smart phone you can pull up the report including a video of … Continue reading

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Last winter more than 70 people died in avalanche accidents worldwide. The country with the most avalanche fatalities was the United States with 24. These are sobering statistics but they are not unusual. According to data compiled by the Cyber … Continue reading

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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18577649[/vimeo] After a solid series of storms swept through the Tahoe area at the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011, there was no better place to be than the backcountry.  We headed out to some well known areas on … Continue reading

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Hopefully by now most of you have heard of the Five Red Flags.  The red flags are simple visual clues that are a sign of potential avalanche danger. I keep harping on these observation techniques because I use them more … Continue reading

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“We are dealing with a very difficult avalanche problem at the moment. Many of the obvious signs that indicate avalanches can be triggered may not be present. However, if you are travelling in steep terrain in the alpine or at … Continue reading

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