Beginner
How to Identify Avalanche Terrain
Coach's take: The most complete lesson in this batch -- teaches you to actually read terrain, not just memorize a list.
3.8
Avalanche safety
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Recognise avalanche terrain and know the basics of rescue.
What coaches agree on
- Most avalanches release on slopes steeper than about 30 degrees, so always read the angle of the terrain you're on and anything hanging above you.
- Treat recent avalanche activity nearby, or any cracking and whumpfing collapse underfoot, as the clearest signs the snowpack is unstable today.
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- Carry a transceiver, probe, and shovel every time you go out, and practice using all three together before you need them for real.
- If a partner goes missing, run a zigzag pattern to pick up the signal fast, then slow down, get low, and keep the beacon flat as the number counts down to zero.
Common mistakes
- Getting so excited about fresh snow, right after a storm clears or early in the season, that you drop into terrain before it's had time to stabilize.
- Assuming a slope must be safe because you can see other tracks on it, or because it sits just past a resort boundary; those skiers may simply have been lucky.
Beginner
Episode 9: Basic Avalanche Rescue Technique | Salomon How To
Coach's take: This is the one I'd actually hand a beginner -- clear, complete, honest about its limits.
3.8
Beginner
Basic Avalanche Theory & Identifying Avalanche Terrain
Coach's take: Dense but accurate -- the terrain-trap and trigger-point breakdown alone is worth the watch.
3.8
Beginner
Alpine Guide Answers FAQs About Avalanche Safety | Outdoor Curious™
Coach's take: Specific, checkable facts (slope angle thresholds, the flagging effect) from a credible source.
3.8
Beginner
Tips on avalanche safety in Alaska
Coach's take: Excellent — real avalanche-center framework (the 5 Gets) plus the actual red flags to watch for. This is the real curriculum, not just tips.
3.8
Beginner
Avalanches and safety while offpiste skiing - do's & dont's
Coach's take: Excellent — a real guide's actual pre-trip and on-slope checklist, clearly laid out.
3.7
Advanced
Snow & Avalanche Safety - How to make good plans for Off Piste Skiing & Snowboarding
Coach's take: Credible, structured, and gets into hazards (cornices, convex terrain) that actually catch people out.
3.7
Beginner
Shredventures Avalanche Safety w KJ Johansson & Vera Janssen
Coach's take: Casual delivery, real substance -- covers gear, terrain and rescue basics honestly.
3.5
Beginner
Avalanche Safety | 4 Essential Tips for Staying Safe When Freeriding
Coach's take: Real guide, real practices — bulletin, aspect, spacing, and the 'gear means nothing without practice' reminder. Solid.
3.5
Beginner
MEC: Avalanche safety essentials
Coach's take: Specific, practical gear advice (probe length, metal shovels, transceiver habits) — good essentials rundown, appropriately humble about needing real training too.
3.4
Beginner
The 5 Red Flags Unstable Snow and Avalanche Danger
Coach's take: Correct and credible, just very bare-bones -- a checklist, not a lesson.
3.2
Beginner
How to recognize avalanche risks I Safety Tips Series episode 2
Coach's take: Short but sharp -- the cracking and wind-load cues plus his own near-miss make it stick.
3.1
Beginner
How To Maintain Avalanche Safety Gear? - Action Sports Arena
Coach's take: Genuinely useful checklist — battery care, airbag servicing schedule, the reminder to keep practicing your probe/shovel deployment. No fluff.
3.1
Beginner
Avalanche Practice for Back Country Snowboarding
Coach's take: Good specific technique -- walk to 10m, crawl inside 5m -- and they rightly tell you to go take a real course too.
3.0
Beginner
Learn Snowboarding 5 Red Flags of Avalanches
Coach's take: Good content, just diluted by a lot of interview chat around it.
2.9
Beginner
Avalanche Safety Equipment Basics // DAVE SEARLE
Coach's take: Practical usability details (pack setup, hoe-mode shovel) that actually matter in a real dig.
2.9
Beginner
Avalanche Safety Gear & Resources
Coach's take: Rightly puts taking a real course first, but stays fairly surface-level otherwise.
2.7
Beginner
How To Choose Avalanche Safety Gear? - Action Sports Arena
Coach's take: Decent, specific buying guide (probe length, shovel material, airbag tradeoffs) — useful but more 'what to buy' than 'what to do.'
2.6
Beginner
What to do in an Avalanche! - Backcountry Snowboarding
Coach's take: Solid on beacon basics, but it's only one slice of avalanche safety.
2.5
Advanced
Avalanche Safety Test
Coach's take: Shows the real test, but assumes you already know what you're looking at.
2.5
Beginner
Avalanche Safety | 5 Tips For Staying Alive Off-Piste
Coach's take: Solid checklist of tips but pretty surface-level, and it ends as a pitch to hire the guide being interviewed.
2.2