How stable will the snowpack be when it does start snowing?
We just received this question from Mark who has been to some of our talks. Mark writes … We are heading to the mountains from 1st – 10th Feb and the current weather conditions are quite concerning. It’s widely believed within our group that the warming...
Henry with ORTOVOX at this weekend’s Kendal Mountain Festival
Henry will be speaking and on the ORTOVOX stand at this weekend’s Kendal Mountain Festival. Henry will be taking some of his well-known ‘Avalanche Talks’ concepts along with the ORTOVOX ‘Safety Academy’ concepts and presenting them to a large audience at the...
Safety is Freedom in London & Manchester coming soon!
I’ll be delivering the ORTOVOX off-piste awareness talks in London and Manchester this coming week as part of Ellis Brigham’s ‘Discover Backcountry’ initiative – anticipating a great couple of evenings! Complementing my talks next...
GLIDE CRACKS in perspective
People do not trigger glide cracks. Over 9 out of 10 off-piste accidents occur due to victims triggering the avalanche themselves. This usually happens because they weren’t applying basic accident reduction measures at the time of the accident despite clear signs of...