Avalanche 1
What is the percentage of living if under snow for 45 minutes?
What is 20-30%
How long does it take for a avalanche to reach speeds of 80 mph?
What is 5 seconds
If there is no escape what should you reach for?
What is a tree
What are wet now avalanches?
What is low in velocity suspension and has water and snow in it.
What are the best way to find someone in an avalanche?
What is a beacon
What action can you do to help you stay above degree during an avalanche?
What is swimming
How many people died in the deadliest avalanche in American history?
What is 96 people?
What degree of slope do most avalanches occur on?
What is 30-45 degrees
What speed can avalanches reach up to?
What is 250 miles per hour
When do avalanches occur?
What is a large mass of ice and snow breaks away from the side of a mountain
How many people die in an avalanche every year?
What is 150 people
1/3 victims are found alive in avalanches after what amount of time?
What is 1 hour
What are the main reasons people die in avalanches?
What is wounds, hypothermia, and suffocation.
89% of victims are what?
What is males between 20 and 29
What should you never do when traveling in risky avalanche areas?
What is travel alone?
What percentage of avalanches are triggered by human cause?
What is 90%
What are avalanches?
What is masses of snow and other stuff that slides down a mountainside
A snow pack can be weakened by what?
What is very cold, hot, or windy weather.
After a few seconds after an avalanche what happens to the snow?
What is turning slowly to the ice?
When was the first avalanche death in the millennium?
What is January 17, 2000
Avalanche risk is its greatest when?
What is 24 hours of 12 inches of snow or more
If you get caught in an avalanche what should you try and get off of?
What is the slab
Montroc, France, had an avalanche that killed 12 people. How many tons of snow were they buried under?
What is 100,000 tons
What rank is United States for avalanche risk?
What is number 5
40.28% of avalanche deaths are caused by what human activity between 1999-2016?
What is snowmobiling