DMF
Avalanche Types & Characteristics
Avalanche Characteristics Cont.
Companion Rescue
Resources
100
Is is easier to be objective in this stage, rather than when facing the emotional lure of an enticing powder slope.
What is the planning stage.
100
Loose unconsolidated surface snow
What is a loose snow avalanche.
100
Can collapse suddenly and can even trigger an avalanche below.
What is a cornice.
100
Yell avalanche and call out for attention.
What is the first thing you should do if you're caught in an avalanche.
100
Desire, peer pressure, inexperience or poor observation skills
What are human factors.
200
In the field, the group must actively and continuously _______ and gather relevant local information and compare it to the bulletin and other information gathered prior to the trip.
What is observe.
200
Interchangeable with the word "slide".
What is avalanche.
200
The most consistent and common avalanche characteristic concern in Colorado
What is a persistent slab.
200
30 meters
What is the distance between your zig zag pattern as you use a avalanche transceiver to search for your partner.
200
A valuable resource to navigate human factors that is found on the 1st page of your AIARE field book?
What is the Communication Checklist.
300
Human factors are most easily categorized into what specific aspect of the DMF?
What is Teamwork
300
Warming, solar radiation, rain or a combination of these factors can result in the surface layers warming to 32 degree F. The surface wet layer results in a localized loss of cohesion and a point release similar to a loose dry snow avalanche.
What is a wet loose snow avalanche.
300
With moderate winds and fresh snow you are concerned about this avalanche characteristic forming
What is a wind slab.
300
At 3 meters
What is the point at which you begin crawling and drop to the ground when doing a transceiver search.
300
At the point of departure with your avalanche transceiver.
What is the time that you check batteries and the SEARCH and SEND function of your transceiver.
400
The easiest thing for you to control when out in the backcountry.
What is Terrain
400
A fractured unit of cohesive snow traveling down a slope.
What is a slab avalanche.
400
R1
What is a very small avalanche that involved 0-20% of the total path.
400
25 cm apart
What is your width of your probe pattern when attempting to strike your buried partner during an avalanche rescue.
400
The best most accessible resource we have in Colorado for traveling in the backcountry?
What is the Colorado Avalanche Information Center
500
What should never be applied to justify moving through a hazardous piece of terrain?
What is a travel technique.
500
The overburden of new snow forms a denser, stronger layer over a less stiff, weaker layer and bonds poorly with the old snow surface.
What is a storm slab.
500
A thick hard slab sitting over a deep or basal weak layer is referred to as what?
What is a deep slab.
500
10,000 pounds
What is the amount of snow you have to move to uncover a victim buried 6 feet deep.
500
Case Studies
What is an excellent resource to utilize in order to learn from other people's experiences and keep you safer in the backcountry.
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