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papoosejr t1_jan0wo4 wrote

Reply to comment by smashy_smashy in Huge avalanche engulfs snowboarder on New Hampshire mountain, dramatic video shows by manbunsandkayaks

Fair enough. I was also thinking "keep track of where the snowboarder ends up", but I guess that's what the beacon is for.

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smashy_smashy t1_jan26dj wrote

Nope that is absolutely correct and a major thing you should do when observing an avalanche. You often float on top of an avalanche until it slows down so you can get a really good idea of where the burial is and that’s a good starting point for a search (you still search the whole area in case there are multiple burials). For me personally, it’s much better to have my eyes on an event, than looking at it through the screen of my phone I’m recording on

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