The path to the summit is a well-trodden summer route, and in the valley there is no snow at all. Higher up, a patch of old snow lies across the path where it crosses a steep slope. It is hard, grey and icy, the kind left after a thaw and a refreeze, and below it the slope runs down for a hundred metres to boulders. Footprints lead across it. You…
In this lesson
Walking on snow and ice without crampons
How
Common mistakes
Ice axe self-arrest
The principle
Its limits
Cornices
How to stay safe
Avalanche terrain basics
Where and when
If you are caught
Avalanche companion rescue: the basics
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