Avoid strapping your pack to your sled. In an emergency, you want your survival gear with you, not on your sled. |
In many cases, avalanches are triggered by human activity and to the degree that is true, we hope to prevent fatalities by avoiding activities that tend to trigger an avalanche. |
Too often, one or more riders in a party don't carry the three essential pieces of gear: a shovel, transceiver, and probe pole. In a survival situation, lacking one of these pieces of equipment can be fatal. |