George Gunn
Alex Lowe
Winston Cheney
Bob Meredith

2. What is the best way to avoid an avalanche?

Stay home
Learn something
Toss dynamite around
Become a desert rat

3. What is the most common type of avalanche that kills?

Fluffy
Slab
Loose snow
Glissade

4. What is the safest way to traverse an avalache-prone area?

Run uphill
From safe zone to safe zone, one at a time.
As a group, walk very softly and do not talk.
Move from a tree or rock to another tree or rock, "connect the dots" fashion.

5. How long can you expect a person to survive buried 4' deep in an avalanche?

30 minutes
5 minutes
24 hours
15 minutes

6. What percentage of avalanche victims are killed in avalanches which they trigger themselves?

90%
70%
50%
30%

7. Statistics say that 61% of all avalanche deaths occur during what months?

November,December,January
December,January,February
January,February,March
February,March,April

8. 80% of avalanches occur during or shortly after what?

Earthquake
Sunrise
Storms
Sunset

9. What are the three main variables that can produce potentially unstable snowcover?

Temperature,Season,Moisture
Age,Geography,Theology
Terrain,Temperature,Bad-Luck
Weather,Terrain,Snowpack

10. What precautions can you take in the event of an avalanche?

All of the following.
Carry and use an avalanche rescue beacon.
Always carry a shovel.
Don't assume a slope is safe, even if someone has already crossed it.