Avalanche Warning Signs Turned Us Around–Not Just A Gut Feeling

[christopher]

Avalanche Warning Signs Turned Us Around–Not Just A Gut Feeling

GREAT ARTICLE from our friends over at MOUNTAIN SLEDDER.

http://sleddermag.com/avalanche-warning-signs-turned-us-around/

Avalanche Warning Signs Turned Us Around–Not Just A Gut Feeling

Patrick Garbutt | On 23, Jan 2018
I was out riding with my pals on Sunday. It was shaping up to be a beautiful day. The snow was soft and deep, but settled enough for good traction. We were breaking trail into a rarely visited zone. That’s why it sucked when we made the decision to pull the pin and turn around. But it wasn’t just our gut instinct telling us to do so, there were plenty of avalanche warning signs.

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http://sleddermag.com/avalanche-warning-signs-turned-us-around/




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[iplocal]

Thank you for the post and for posting the video. I wish more people would post stuff like this. I would say most people I have rode with in my lifetime have a real problem with accepting defeat and turning around. A lot of riders think that unless they are launching up chutes then they are "playing it safe" that day. The reality is you will often see signs like in the video above, well before you ever get your destination. RIP to the three sledders who passed so far this year in the three different avi's in West Yellowstone/IP area. I have been riding avidly for 12 years and their "sacrifice" this year has finally made me rethink my whole avi strategy/mentality. Hopefully it has had the same impact on others.