Yeah, it looks like if you are in more than a foot of snow, your best chance of

Feb 21, 2019
5:45:36pm

Josef K All-American

survival is to stay in place.

How to Survive an Avalanche

How to Survive an Avalanche. You're enjoying the pristine mountain air and fresh powdered snow when suddenly, the ground rips out from under you. If you're in avalanche country, you'd better know how to act, and fast, or you could get...

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GoPro footage of a Utah skier caught in an avalanche this weekend. The panic in

Kauai

2/21/19 3:33pm

Everybody should watch this if they are thinking of going in the back country right now

Solomon Levi

2/21/19 3:41pm

I see guys going through the Hidden Canyon gate at Brighton all the time

Jesse Pinkman

2/21/19 4:15pm

Whoa. That’s freaky

PabloSanchezz

2/21/19 3:44pm

That was intense.

Banjo Blues

2/21/19 3:51pm

The brother of a guy in my Ward died in an avalanche

Jdoc

2/21/19 4:01pm

If you don't get hit by debris, how long do you have once the snow covers you?

UNLVcougar

2/21/19 4:29pm

Most statistics say about 15 minutes. Terrible way to die.

Jdoc

2/21/19 4:35pm

Geez. That’s crazy

TADOW

2/21/19 4:06pm

That was on the Today show just the other day.

Blue for Life

2/21/19 4:13pm

Wow

Cougar-Duck

2/21/19 4:26pm

It happens far to much...

CoachSpeak

2/21/19 4:43pm

imagine if it would have pushed him into a tree. goodnight

claw

2/21/19 4:54pm

supposedly grabbing on to a tree is a good thing in an avalanche. You can hang

buckeyecougarguy

2/22/19 11:45am

Honest question from one that has never been in an avalanche, why not dig out

Josef K

2/21/19 5:20pm

The snow is all around him inhibiting his movement. Where would he put what he

Q-grr

2/21/19 5:31pm

Yeah, it looks like if you are in more than a foot of snow, your best chance of

Josef K

2/21/19 5:45pm

They make a deployable airbag for use in an avalanche. They are reusable and

Q-grr

2/21/19 6:01pm

The snow consolidates in an avalanche

Solomon Levi

2/21/19 6:26pm

Also, in many avalanches (although not this one) if you're buried by more than a

How to Survive an Avalanche

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