Besides terrain and people, this most influences your risk of an avalanche.
What is weather?
100
Staying out in the cold too long, accidental falls into cold water, wet clothes...
What are common causes of hypothermia?
100
This clothing material should never be worn into the back country.
What is cotton?
100
Snow caves are constructed for this purpose.
What is to survive being stranded in very cold weather?
100
Most persons die in avalanches because:
What is they can't breath?
200
Slopes less than 30 degress do not usually have enough sliding force to overcome friction. Slopes steeper than 45 degress also don't typically present an avalanche hazard because they are:
What is too steep to accumulate much snow (it sloughs off continuously).
200
Shivering, poor judgement, slurred speech...
What are common early symptoms of hypothermia?
200
It soaks up water and takes a long time to dry and makes you cold.
What is cotton?
200
This kind of snow is necessary to build a stable snow cave.
What is packable (able to form a snowball)?
200
Europeans call this the "white death."
What are avalanches?
300
This noise and cracks in the snow are indications of unstable snow.
What is "whumpf"?
300
Stiff muscles, weakness, sleepiness, confusion...
What are late symptoms of hypothermia?
300
The single most important consideration in choosing winter clothing and exercising outside.
What is controlling your perspiration?
300
Your snow cave entrance should be on this side of the snow drift.
What is the down-wind side?
300
This shape of slope creates tension in the snow.
What is convex?
400
The following precautions apply to who?
1) Space individuals 10m apart.
2) Avoid the steepest areas.
3) Assess snow drifts carefully.
D) Pay attention to rising temperatures.
What is persons traveling in the back-country.
400
Remove wet clothing, move the person out of the cold, share body heat...
What are ways to assist someone with hypothermia?
400
This Inuit trick will dry caribou hide quickly after you fall through ice into water.
What is putting it on snow and walking on it?
400
You sleeping chamber should be elevated 1 foot above the snow cave entrance to create this.
What is a cold air trap?
400
Dense trees, rock outcrops, terraces, and ridges.
What are terrain features that reduce the likelihood of an avalanche?
500
Most persons who are buried more than 3' deep in an avalanche ...
What is die.
500
This reflex helps us survive immersion into cold water.
What is the mammalian dive reflex?
500
The reason Alaskans dress in layers during the winter.
What is to be able to keep warm without sweating?
500
When you have completed your snow cave, you will use sticks to do this.