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Tag Archives: Avalanche Awareness
Here are six informative and sobering reality checks on the danger of avalanches. These videos depict skiers and snowboarders getting caught in potentially fatal slides. The clips include POV shots of skiers getting buried and dug out, successful airbag deployments, … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, Avalanche Videos, Engelberg, Haines, POV, Snake River, tahoe, Verbier
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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
Posted in Jeremy Jones, Snow Safety
Tagged avalanche, Avalanche Awareness, Avy Report, Jeremy Jones, Jones Snowboards
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The goal of Jones Snowboards’ Avalanche Awareness Month is to bring attention to the realities of avalanche danger and help backcountry snowboarders clue into new means of continuing education. If you’re ready to get schooled on some of the latest … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, Backcountry Access, Jones Snowboards, New York Times, Outside
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Tip-toeing into the storm to go get a snow report. Red Flags In Reality is a Jones Avalanche Awareness Month series detailing live-from-the field stories about five of the most common signs of avalanche danger-the Red Flags. Second up in … Continue reading
Posted in Jeremy Jones, Ryland Bell, Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, Jones Snowboards, Red Flags, Shoooting Cracks, tahoe
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On a bulletproof day last winter, Jeremy Jones grabbed a handful of friends and loaded the lifts at Squaw Valley. The snow conditions were horrendous for freeriding, but they were perfect for practicing rescue drills. Mock rescue practice is something … Continue reading
Posted in Jeremy Jones, Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, backcountry snowboarding, Contour, Daron Rahlves, Jones Snowboards, Rescue Drills
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“It’s called the ‘Human Factor’…when you’re familiar with the backcountry it’s easy to get caught in a mode where you’ve seen it before, you’ve ridden it before and you’ve done it successfully. That familiarity can lead you to take things … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety, Uncategorized
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, Avalanche Awareness Month, B.A.S.I.C.S, High Fives Foundation, Human Factor, Jones Snowboards, Rusty Johnson, Seth Lightcap, Snow Safety
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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
Posted in Jeremy Jones, Snow Safety
Tagged avalanche, Avalanche Awareness, Avalanche Education, backcountry snowboarding, December, Jeremy Jones, Jones Snowboards Avalanche Awareness Month
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Safe glacier travel on the Monte Rosa Massif – Photo courtesy of McNabSnowboarding.com As a special addition to Jones Snowboards’ Avalanche Awareness Month we caught up with UIAGM Mountain Guide Neil McNab for some insight on safe backcountry travel skills. … Continue reading
Hard slab avalanche caused by depth hoar – Salt River Range, WY – Feb 2010. Photo by Teton Search and Rescue. What a great start to winter in North America. Seems like everywhere from Colorado to California and even Canada … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, Avalanche Awareness Month, Avalanche Conditions, avalanche safety, Canada, Colorado, Deep Layer Instabilities, ESPN Snowboarding, Faceted Snow, jackson hole, Pacific Northwest, Persistent Weak Layers, Sierra, Snowpack Analysis, Utah
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