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...about safer places where can go."
Forecasting avalanches is a matter of life and death. An avalanche can wreak destruction as it tumbles downhill, battering and burying anything--or anyone--in its path. But most avalanche deaths occur after an avalanche stops moving, when the snow rapidly compacts and sets like concrete. Victims trapped beneath the snow have a limited supply of air and can't dig themselves out.
Evelyn and her colleagues analyze conditions on the slopes of Utah's Wasatch Mountains backcountry and then publish advisories using an international avalanche danger scale. The terrain they study is vast and varied. Two or three forecasters rotate visiting different areas while a fourth works in the office, issuing advisories. They alternate 2 days in the field with 2 in the office.
Forecasters change fieldwork areas regularly...
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