“Props to Mat Schaer for opening up about a close call he had last winter.” –Jeremy Jones

Jones Snowboard’s team rider Mat Schaer shared a video of himself outrunning a a massive slide on Mont Gautier in his home country of Switzerland a few weeks back and now the head honcho Jeremy Jones is praising his transparency and sharing a different angle of the same avalanche incident. Mat wrote a blogpost titled Lessons Learned Near Miss Avalanche Report which is a valuable read for any backcountry practitioner READ HERE:

Here’s the original video posted to Mat’s IG a few weeks ago including some stills of the aftermath. Make sure to read Mat’s comments to better understand the circumstances and what he learned from the incident:

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