Thursday 1/20/22

Objective

Learn the 5 red flags that can be observed in the field that indicate that avalanche activity could be dangerous.

Know Before You Go: Get The Picture

 https://learn.kbyg.org/module/get-picture (stop at slide 28)
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Upper Meadow Chutes Case Study

1. Case Study: https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/36055
2. Avalanche Report

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1. Answer on a separate of paper and turn in when finished:
2. If you get to the top of a ridge and see this recently triggered avalanche in the next drainage, what does this tell you?
3. What important information did you learn after reading the avalanche report that you can use to make travel plans for the next day?
4. How many human-triggered avalanches were reported in the week before the accident?
5. How many tracks were on one of the avalanches reported in the bulletin?