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As Avlanche Awareness Increases, Accidents Are Not Decreasing | UNITED STATES, UTAH | 03/03/2009, by MaxG
Interview with Bruce Tremper and why avalanche educating can be frustrating.
Bruce Tremper is currently the director of the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center and author of the book, Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain.
If you liked this video check out this one:
A Talk With Bruce Tremper Part I
That's Our Opinion. What's Yours?
Rick wrote on 03/03/09 at 10:03:53 am pst:
And as backcountry skiers are on the rise government is cutting avalanche forecasting budgets...That won;t be to helpful either.
freeheelgirl wrote on 03/03/09 at 10:55:47 am pst:
Seems like avalanche deaths are going up even as avy education has increased - why is this? Is it that backcountry experience hasn't kept pace with backcountry education, or is it simply greater numbers of folks in the backcountry overall? Does risk tolerance go up with a little education, or is heightened risk tolerance a by-product of the explosion of extreme winter sport videos? I don't have any answers....I'd love to know what everyone else thinks.
Kristi wrote on 03/03/09 at 12:53:24 am pst:
It's difficult because statistics are pretty limited. Nobody really knows how many people are out in the backcountry, all we know is how many people are dying. It would also be possible to find out how many people are taking classes, but I haven't specifically seen that stat.
Also, it would be ideal to survey people who have taken classes with the past 5 years or so because the emphasis on the human factor has increased dramatically.
