This document provides clues and cues for moving safely in avalanche terrain, including: observing slope aspects, weather conditions, snowpack conditions like snow on trees, tracks, and layers, and being aware of risks from wind, temperature, and terrain features. It emphasizes the importance of careful planning, looking for multiple clues, and paying attention while skiing or riding to terrain and snow stability.

1. observe, think, watch, learn, feel, smell, dig, slide,
poke, plan, shake, cut, punch, step, look, measure
Moving in Avalanche Terrain
Clues and Cues
Will Cadell

2. Keep Yours Eyes Open:
time of day, temperature,
athabasca glacier 2007
aspect, route planning

3. slope aspects on the way to skoki, 2009

4. snow on trees, tracks in
snow, subdued ground,
Wells 2008
even snow cover

5. high cirrus clouds columbia icefields 2008

6. weather, visibility,
powder king 2008
awareness

7. weather, snow falling, wind powder king 2008

8. weather, wind history purple bowl, 2007

9. snow on trees, condition
powder king 2008
of tracks

10. snow on trees, old trail, bow summit, 2007
snow layers

11. deep snow, snow layers mosquito creek, 2009

12. deep & heavy snow mosquito creek, 2009

13. snow on the trees, wind sugar bowl, 2007

14. wind effects sugar bowl, 2007

15. wind slab turns sugar bowl 2007

16. deep powder, little snow
on trees: temp/ sun or
wells grey 2005
time since last snow fall?

17. ski apart, wind, snow
deposition, big open
wells grey, 2005
areas, some rocks

18. be aware, feel, act wells grey, 2005

19. safe ski home hudson’s bay mountain 2006

20. traffic , temperature,
petit combin, switzerland, 2003
objective dangers

21. snow cracking by trail mosquito creek, 2009

22. tap test (1 tap) mosquito creek, 2009