Avalanche safety and survival requires you to gain knowledge and experience of snow, avalanches and rescue. Avalanches are a danger for anyone who enjoys snow. Anyone who is slightly athletic can easily find himself or herself in avalanche terrain. Many avalanche accidents occur near ski areas when someone ventures out-of-bounds in search of powder snow and untracked slopes.

Staying alive in avalanche terrain not only involves learning about avalanches but also travelling with experienced and practiced companions, carrying rescue equipment and knowing how to use it, obeying ski area signs and warnings, being flexible about when and where to go and, lastly, being able to say “not today”.

This little booklet contains information and tips that can help you and your friends stay safer in avalanche terrain.