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Conduct During an Avalanche

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Articles In This Section:

· Snow Formation and Avalanches

· Snow Texture - part 1

· Snow Texture - part 2

· Snow Texture - part 3

· Stratification of Snow Deposits

· Effect of Slope and Ground Surface

· Avalanche Types - part 1

· Avalanche Types - part 2

· Avalanche Types - part 3

· Detection of Snow Condition

· Summary of Avalanche Causes

· Precautions in Avalanche Territory - part 1

· Precautions in Avalanche Territory - part 2

· Conduct During an Avalanche

· Avalanche Rescue Work

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When actually caught in an avalanche, it is vitally important that one avoid becoming buried. This can best be done by lying on the back (or stomach according to some authorities) with feet downhill and by maintaining a powerful swimming motion, being careful to keep the feet high, to avoid being tripped and rolled over head foremost. To accomplish this, it is obvious that one must have first removed his skis, poles, and pack before becoming caught in the full sweep of the avalanche. The importance of removing this equipment cannot be overemphasized.

In a wet-snow avalanche, it is particularly important to exert every ounce of strength to get one's head above the snow, or failing this, to obtain a space around one's head and chest as the avalanche comes to rest. This is because a wet avalanche frequently freezes solid as soon as it stops.

If an avalanche starts above a skier, he may be able to ski away from it if it is a wet-snow avalanche which moves slowly, but a wind-slab avalanche or dry-snow avalanche usually travels far too fast for escape by this method, and if such an escape it attempted and fails, the skier is caught with his skis on.

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