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Backcountry and avalanche safety - how stuff happens

This section of the site is dedicated to explaining "stuff" that happens in backcountry and somehow might affect your safety. The goal is to explain and describe those issues with clarity and in the most simplistic way thus any backcountry enthusiast can easily understand. Also each topic will be supported with visual content making the communication even more clear. To view the multimedia content you need Flash player.

Topics, issues, and other "stuff":

Group size as a factor in decision making

Probably the most important factor in effective decision making while backcountry skiing or snowboarding is the size of a group. There are some facts that were researched that apply to any group but as the number of members of the group increases the importance of those facts increases as well. We will define them in this article and they need to be taken into consideration seriously... read more

How does the wind affect an avalanche situation?

In this explanatory article you will find out more about the wind as a significant factor in creating potentially dangerous avalanche terrain. There is also Flash animation that supports the text... read more

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