Henry's avalanche talks:
Mountain Awareness

  • How to avoid being touched by a creep‏

    Following last weeks storms and a huge snowpack all across the Alps, we had really seen surprisingly little avalanche activity either nautral or triggered and virtually no accidents. But from Monday the temperatures have risen sharply and we have seen a different risk. Warm slippery snow releasing on lower angle slopes (15 to 20 degrees)

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  • Finding the best safe snow... The risks are real

    Following new snowfall this last week we have thankfully seen no serious off-piste accidents. Andreas and Henry have written about why the risk is still present.

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  • Spring Snow. Learn how to make the most of it.

    Henry tries to put some misconceptions to rest.

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  • HAT Report on recent day trip to Les Arcs.

    The reality of Risk Level 2 on March 8th 2010

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  • HAT Snow Report for 10 April, 2010

    Understand the ‘melt-freeze cycles’ and have fun with spring snow!

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  • Spring Snow - Henry's Avalanche Talk

    Spring Snow conditions: Introduction to skiing the Spring Snowpack.

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  • Getting more from the mountain and off-piste skiing.

    Advice, Tips and Risk management

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  • Tragic accident in the Combe du Signal

    This article necessarily acquires a solemn note following the tragic accident in the Combe du Signal on Boxing Day. Our thoughts reach out to the Robinson family for their huge loss. Also we feel for Wayne Watson for the distress that must be felt so acutely with such an accident.

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