Knowledge Check: Snow Climbing

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Some best practices for crampon use include:

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Making sure they're sized to your boots at home prior to the climb

Never wearing crampons while glissading

Tucking or tying off the extra tail to avoid tripping on it

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All of the above

Glissading is great because:

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It allows you to get down a snowfield faster

You can do it on a glacier

You can keep your crampons on and hop right back up when you're done

You don't need any additional gear or protective layers

All of the above

When ascending a snow slope:

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Move your ice axe only when both feet are in a position of balance

Use rest steps to help find a steady and sustainable pace

Kick steps such that the team members behind you can stand comfortably

Take turns leading

All of the above

The plunge step is used to:

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Kick steps while ascending snow slopes

Ascend snow slopes

Plunge over small or narrow crevasses

Descend snow slopes

Proper position for self-arrest is:

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Face into slope, head uphill, legs spread

Ice axe shaft diagonally across chest

Ice axe digging into snow

All positions listed apply

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