1. What are the three essential avalanche safety and rescue tools?
2. What usually triggers avalanches that kill and injure humans?
3. If caught in an avalanche some things to attempt would include?
4. What is the safest way to traverse an avalanche-prone area?
5. Can you assume that it is safe to cross a slope that has fresh tracks on it?
6. When should you wear your avalanche transceiver?
7. You arrive at the scene of an avalanche at which you see tracks entering. What is the first thing you should do?
8. How long can you expect a person to survive buried a metre deep in avalanche debris?
9. What are the three variables that make avalanches possible?
10. As the leader of a party, what kind of information should you gather before setting out on a backcountry adventure?

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