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Safety is Freedom Tour
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A short video overview on entertaining upcoming events from HAT. They're mostly virtual and aimed at helping people to increase their chance of a successful - enjoyable time on the mountain. Here's a link to the schedule of events https://youtu.be/YZhNcNtenVU
OFF PISTE AWARENESS TOUR WITH ORTOVOX 2020
Safety is Freedom, showing you how safety can be a liberating force! Here's a general overview of the mostly virtual Tour this year: https://youtu.be/YZhNcNtenVU One of the key things that you can get out of the events, is a set of points that can help you to reduce...
ACCIDENT REDUCTION IN THE COVID ERA ‘The biggest error would be to believe that we don’t make errors’
The Covid-19 problem that confronts us all in this time of uncertainty is a danger we can’t see. It's a danger that seems distant and, apart from the prevention measures imposed on us, it appears unlikely that it will have a direct effect on us. It doesn't really even...
Direct action avalanches (or storm snow avalanches)
Spring has suddenly turned back to Winter with plenty of snowfall above 1800 m or so in the Alps With all this snow predicted over the next few days (and the resulting avalanche activity that will be occurring as a direct result of the storm) , I thought this would be...
‘Safety is Freedom’ coming to Grenoble, France on Jan 27th
In Grenoble. 'Safety is Freedom' Essentials in English, January 27th @ 19.30! I will be at the Maison de la Montagne in collaboration with my friends at the French Avalanche Association (ANENA) and the City of Grenoble. To buy tickets and for other details in English...
Snowpack Test today by Alain Duclos of Data Avalanche
An Extended Column compression Test of the snowpack today (see details on here in the YouTube video) by Alain Duclos of Data Avalanche. It shows virtually no weak layers - a good sign for at least the next week or so. The fact that the weakest point is at the...
Off Piste Update by Henry For N French Alps 27-30 Dec 2019
Up to a metre of fresh snow in the last week for much of the N French Alps. Snowpack stabilizing - see videos below https://youtu.be/4kFctbEMHmk Great quality of snow above 2300 m https://youtu.be/o4lqSAIzghw