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Avalanche Awareness Video: Stay Safe in The Alps This Winter

Avalanche Awareness & Safety with Thibaud Duchosal

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By Ellie Mahoney, Updated

Thibaud Duchosal has created this educational video with in partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Life, ANENA association and Les Arcs.

Its content applies to anyone skiing out of bounds or off piste and is a good reminder about reading the terrain. Thibaud says "Skiing out of the bounds is more than three curves to a slope !! You must learn, observe, analyze, anticipate ... Adopting these reflexes, you may sometimes turn back, but it will also allow you to enjoy it as long as possible". In French with English subtitles.

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