Avalanche experts cite human factor in snowslides
Fresh ski and snowboard tracks are seen in an out-of-boundary area on Whistler mountain. By Associated PressKETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — Avalanche experts meeting in central Idaho say backcountry adventurers increase their chances of being killed in snowslides when they overestimate their own abilities. At a public forum Wednesday, the experts also say the danger increases when skiers, boarders and snowmobilers succumb to peer pressure or incorrectly assume their familiarity with the terrain makes the situation safe. Ian McCammon, an avalanche researcher who owns SnowPit Technologies in Salt Lake City, calls it the human factor. The U.S. Forest Service's National Avalanche Center says 31 people have been killed by avalanches in the western United States and Canada so far this winter. Most Popular |
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