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Route Planning and Safety

Snow Avalanche avoidance begins with careful route planning. Each planned route involves important safety considerations and exploratory tests. No route is without risks. The information below is basic and not comprehensive. It is intended as an outline of the main dangers and precautions that can be taken.

In addition to selecting routes with less risks, every trip plan needs to consider weather and avalanche forecasts. Weather conditions leading up to the planned event must be monitored and existing snowpack conditions need to be considered.

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It is common for skiers and snowshoers to find avalanche debris that occurred when the slope was less stable. Wet slides such as this one are often shallow and slow moving.