On a serious note:
This big storm is making everbody pretty excited... A good base and the good stuff on top of it....
A LOT OF SNOW IS COMING!!
AVALANCHE RISKS WILL BE CONSIDERABLE!
Make sure you wear your beacon and If you don't own one, BUY IT!
How bad would you feel if you couldn't find your friend/family that got buried... and died because you couldn't find him/her??
Rule for the beacon: Don't have it in your pack...
PUT IT ON, TURN IT ON..... TAKE IT OFF, TURN IT OFF.
Do a check of everyone in your group of their beacon before leaving the parking lot.
If someone in the group does not own a beacon, pressure them into buying one... your life could be on the line if he/she does not have a beacon.
Read up on the use of your beacon, buy brand new batteries for it... get good ones, your life may depend on it .
Have a look at this primer on Beacon use:
http://www.backcountryaccess.com/english/education/documents/aviawarenessguide.pdf
If you have a really old beacon, more than 5 or 6 yrs.... consider getting a new one.
Keep your shovel & probe in your pack, not on your sled.
Read up on beacon useage... there is a lot of info out there.
Just because you own a beacon, dont assume you can use it.... do some practice drills with friends.
Also, on the trail... be aware of what is above you... even a small slide can bury you real deep on a trail at the bottom of a hill.
Get the "tracker 101" use DVD, a great idea.
Free beacon clinics on the 1st and 15th of each month at Squaw...
Also see.
http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/
AVALANCHES KILL PEOPLE.... MORE SNOWMOBILERS THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE GROUP!!
STAY SAFE OUT THERE FOLKS!
This big storm is making everbody pretty excited... A good base and the good stuff on top of it....
A LOT OF SNOW IS COMING!!
AVALANCHE RISKS WILL BE CONSIDERABLE!
Make sure you wear your beacon and If you don't own one, BUY IT!
How bad would you feel if you couldn't find your friend/family that got buried... and died because you couldn't find him/her??
Rule for the beacon: Don't have it in your pack...
PUT IT ON, TURN IT ON..... TAKE IT OFF, TURN IT OFF.
Do a check of everyone in your group of their beacon before leaving the parking lot.
If someone in the group does not own a beacon, pressure them into buying one... your life could be on the line if he/she does not have a beacon.
Read up on the use of your beacon, buy brand new batteries for it... get good ones, your life may depend on it .
Have a look at this primer on Beacon use:
http://www.backcountryaccess.com/english/education/documents/aviawarenessguide.pdf
If you have a really old beacon, more than 5 or 6 yrs.... consider getting a new one.
Keep your shovel & probe in your pack, not on your sled.
Read up on beacon useage... there is a lot of info out there.
Just because you own a beacon, dont assume you can use it.... do some practice drills with friends.
Also, on the trail... be aware of what is above you... even a small slide can bury you real deep on a trail at the bottom of a hill.
Get the "tracker 101" use DVD, a great idea.
Free beacon clinics on the 1st and 15th of each month at Squaw...
Also see.
http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/
AVALANCHES KILL PEOPLE.... MORE SNOWMOBILERS THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE GROUP!!
STAY SAFE OUT THERE FOLKS!
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