This page is dedicated to avalanche safety and awareness. Read this page carefully because you will have the opportunity to take a test to get an award at the end of this page.
Avalanches can happen wherever there is snow lying on ground of sufficient angle.
The vastly increased popularity of winter climbing and hill walking along with the growth of interest in ski touring and off piste skiing, means that greater numbers are at risk. Sadly, each year adds to the list of injuries or fatalities. Many of these accidents would have been avoidable, given greater care or knowledge, or if the victims had even paused to consider that an avalanche might be possible. In making practical assessments of avalanche risk, there is no substitute for knowledge of snow conditions which comes from years of experience. The novice or the less frequent winter mountain user will still enjoy a safe day out if some basic principles are learned and acted upon.