http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/ Kick Ass Ski Blog! Fri, 18 May 2012 16:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-11692 Avalanches – How to Examine the Snow – Part 3/4 | Homeboy Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:43:16 +0000 http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/#comment-11692 [...] I discussed about the basics and the behavior of an avalanche. In the second part I discussed how to avoid an avalanche. In this third part of the series I dig into the most interesting part, examining the snow. This is [...] [...] I discussed about the basics and the behavior of an avalanche. In the second part I discussed how to avoid an avalanche. In this third part of the series I dig into the most interesting part, examining the snow. This is [...]

]]> http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-7126 coldkilla Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:21:14 +0000 http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/#comment-7126 dude im sorry but your going to look extremly unperfessional if you do a ski pole test a patting test a pri ski thing. oops wait let me check if theres gonna be an avalanche yup looks liike theres a 2 percent chance. Rarely do alalanches strike and kill in crouded ski resorts such as sunshine village they do tests every day so you dont need to test . dude loved the artical everything about it it was great and gave me a lot of information thanks it was cool listening to your oinion sorry i wrote a book. dude im sorry but your going to look extremly unperfessional if you do a ski pole test a patting test a pri ski thing. oops wait let me check if theres gonna be an avalanche yup looks liike theres a 2 percent chance. Rarely do alalanches strike and kill in crouded ski resorts such as sunshine village they do tests every day so you dont need to test . dude loved the artical everything about it it was great and gave me a lot of information thanks it was cool listening to your oinion sorry i wrote a book.

]]> http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-7075 Manu Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:09:59 +0000 http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/#comment-7075 All the above very very oversimplistic. Typically this sort of posts that give people wrong feeling of safety. Snowpack is typically non-homogenous, so you can forget about testing the snowpack at point x and infere same behaviour at point y, no statistical relevance of sample at all. You can have risk level 1 at one point and risk level 5 two meters next to it. "Bottom up" analysis in such an uninformed way, based on old truth, is totally useless. Any one interested in a serious method should take a look at http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/trails/1996/3x3.html and get a book on top down avalanche risk methods (Werner Munter method) All the above very very oversimplistic. Typically this sort of posts that give people wrong feeling of safety. Snowpack is typically non-homogenous, so you can forget about testing the snowpack at point x and infere same behaviour at point y, no statistical relevance of sample at all. You can have risk level 1 at one point and risk level 5 two meters next to it. “Bottom up” analysis in such an uninformed way, based on old truth, is totally useless.
Any one interested in a serious method should take a look at
http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/trails/1996/3×3.html and get a book on top down avalanche risk methods (Werner Munter method)

]]> http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-7053 Tyler Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:23:39 +0000 http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/#comment-7053 After an avalanche like that you definitely would need your windows washed!!! After an avalanche like that you definitely would need your windows washed!!!

]]> http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/comment-page-1/#comment-953 What You Need To Know About Avalanches: Part 4/4 - Fighting With an Avalanche | Homeboy's Skiing Blog Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:54:55 +0000 http://homeboyski.com/2008/01/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-avalanches-part-24-how-to-avoid-an-avalanche/#comment-953 [...] article series introduced us to the basics of avalanches. In the second part we discussed about avoiding avalanches, and in the third part we learned how to examine the snow profile in order to understand the risk [...] [...] article series introduced us to the basics of avalanches. In the second part we discussed about avoiding avalanches, and in the third part we learned how to examine the snow profile in order to understand the risk [...]

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