If you go about this randomly, expect to be there until the snow melts. Fortunately, there are ways to improve your chances. Examine and quickly probe surface clues. The purpose of a probe line is to cover the avalanche debris with a grid of regularly spaced holes. If you are not careful and exact, the odds are much lower.
Someone needs to stand in front to give commands and watch the straightness and spacing of the line.
Everyone should probe just ahead and between their toes and should probe and move on command, only. Send a shoveler to dig for whatever was hit. Do everything the same, but have the line step forward one third as far and probe in front of both toes as well as in between. Hopefully, someone will arrive with an avalanche dog before you have to do this for very long. . This site designed and maintained by Faerthen Felix at the Manti-La Sal Avalanche Center .