Knowledge Check: Avalanche Awareness

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Avalanches are most common on slopes of:

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30 to 45 degrees

15 to 40 degrees

45 to 90 degrees

25 to 65 degrees

Most injury-related or fatal avalanches in the U.S. are triggered by *

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Sudden rise in the air temperature

The victim

The added weight of new snow

Snow falling onto the avalanche surface from a tree or rock outcropping

Avalanche awareness includes:

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Following the weather before your climb

Getting current weather and avalanche forecasts

Checking local conditions

All of the above

Which description of the North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale levels is FALSE?:

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Considerable – Dangerous conditions. Careful snowpack evaluation, cautious route-finding, and conservative decision-making

Moderate – Heightened awareness. Evaluate snow, terrain, and features carefully.

Extreme – Avoid all avalanche terrain.

Low - no hazard, no evaluation needed of any snow terrain or features

The following gear should be considered essential in avalanche terrain: *

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Beacon (tranceiver)

Shovel

Probe

1 and 2

All of the above

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