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Tag Archives: Avalanche Awareness Month
Red Flags In Reality is a Jones Avalanche Awareness Month article series by Seth Lightcap detailing live-from-the field stories about five of the most common signs of avalanche danger-the Red Flags. In breaking news, Jones team rider Ryland Bell reports … Continue reading
Posted in Ryland Bell, Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness Month, Jones Snowboards, Kt-22, Red Flags, Ryland Bell, Seth Lightcap, squaw valley, Storm Snow, Wind loading
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Yellowstone is home to some sick terrain, just watch out when it warms up. Photos by Ralph Backstrom. Red Flags In Reality is a Jones Avalanche Awareness Month series detailing live-from-the field stories about five of the most common signs … Continue reading
Posted in Ralph Backstrom, Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness Month, Jones Snowboards, Rapid Warming, Red Flags
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Online articles and videos about avalanche education topics provide valuable supplemental knowledge but there is no substitution for taking an avalanche course. To understand how to safely study and observe the snowpack you need to spend a few days in … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness Month, Avalanche Courses, Jones Snowboards
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The Japanese Alps are a gorgeous but wind prone mountain range. Photos-Seth Lightcap Red Flags In Reality is a Jones Avalanche Awareness Month series detailing live-from-the field stories about five of the most common signs of avalanche danger-the Red Flags. … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness Month, Jones Snowboards, Red Flags, Seth Lightcap, Wind loading
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This December marks Jones Snowboard’s third annual Avalanche Awareness Month. We feel December is the ideal month to refresh your understanding of Avalanche and Emergency First Aid skills so you are prepared and well-practiced to make good decisions for the … Continue reading
Posted in Jeremy Jones, Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness Month, Basics, High Fives Foundation, Jones Snowboards, Jones Snowboards Avalanche Awareness Month
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I have no qualms about you spending your holiday cash on a Hovercraft splitboard, but just in case you got a little extra $$$ burning a hole in your bib pants…Have you considered investing in an avalanche airbag pack? I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety
Tagged ABS, Avalanche Airbags, Avalanche Awareness Month, Avi-vest, BCA, Jones Snowboards, Mammut, Mystery Ranch, Snowpulse, wary
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“It’s called the ‘Human Factor’…when you’re familiar with the backcountry it’s easy to get caught in a mode where you’ve seen it before, you’ve ridden it before and you’ve done it successfully. That familiarity can lead you to take things … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety, Uncategorized
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, Avalanche Awareness Month, B.A.S.I.C.S, High Fives Foundation, Human Factor, Jones Snowboards, Rusty Johnson, Seth Lightcap, Snow Safety
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Three filmers and two photographers anxiously stand by with cameras focused while they wait for my call over the radio. It is not yet 7 AM and we have been up for three hours. The line below me caught my … Continue reading
Utah’s resorts already have been open since the first week of November and the snow keeps falling. We’ve been getting a ton of wet snowstorms with incredible amounts of water which makes for the best base you could ask for. … Continue reading
Posted in Forrest Shearer, Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness Month, Avalanche Education, avalanche safety, Forrest Shearer, snowbird, Utah
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Hard slab avalanche caused by depth hoar – Salt River Range, WY – Feb 2010. Photo by Teton Search and Rescue. What a great start to winter in North America. Seems like everywhere from Colorado to California and even Canada … Continue reading
Posted in Snow Safety
Tagged Avalanche Awareness, Avalanche Awareness Month, Avalanche Conditions, avalanche safety, Canada, Colorado, Deep Layer Instabilities, ESPN Snowboarding, Faceted Snow, jackson hole, Pacific Northwest, Persistent Weak Layers, Sierra, Snowpack Analysis, Utah
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