Good avalanche awareness is a crucial weapon in your winter skills arsenal. From checking avalanche reports and planning low-risk routes to assessing the weather and the snowpack as you walk, knowing how to read the danger signals will help you to travel safely through snowy terrain.
The reports produced by the Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) are key reading for anybody heading out into Scotland’s mountains during the winter months. We asked SAIS coordinator Mark Diggins to share his insight into avalanche safety…
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