The folks over at The American Avalanche Institute regularly provide us with invaluable resources like this simple video outlining how to recognize avalanche terrain, so if you have a minute jump over their website HERE and poke around…maybe sign up for a course or follow them on your socials. Their message is clear and we can all stand to hear more of it.

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