Out of Bounds Skiers are not the problem
There’s no appreciable difference between and out of bounds skier and most other rescues SAR does.
Tag: snow
Snowflakes that look like small, alien devices
Electron Microscope image of a snowflake
Snowflakes look like tiny machines made in factories under high magnification.
Snow GIFs
Morning Snow (Martin Heck) from http://headlikeanorange.tumblr.com
Since I can’t be skiing today, I find these animated GIFs of snow to be calming, both from Head Like an Orange.
Harvey’s cloud
Harvey’s Cloud, a weather phenomenon I encountered at Whistler during the 2010 Olympics
Canadian Avalanche Air Bag study
A recently released series of reports on the effectiveness of Avalanche Air Bags in Canada gives us the first evidence that they are effective.
Discrepancy between Whistler and CAC avalanche reports
The author wonders why there’s a discrepancy between the avalanche bulletin written by the CAC and Whistler/Blackcomb.
Beacons vs Transceivers again
It seems that people are still confused about the difference between an emergency locator *beacon* and an avalanche *transceiver*
Sledder Situational Awareness again
The S.T.O.P. tool designed to encourage sledders to develop situational awareness and be safer in avalanche terrain
CAA AvSAR Course
Some musings on the CAA’s Avalanche Search and Rescue seminar for SAR teams considering sending people.
Situational Awareness: Sledder vs Skier
In my last post on this subject I wrote about how skiers have an advantage over sledders in that they have more opportunity to observe conditions as they travel through terrain. Today, some observations on the flip side of the …