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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lived out west for 6 months and the western women were really, really rugged.

Given the womens' training I would not say they took extreme risks.  Did they take risks. Yes.

Apparently the women had avalanche gear and avalanche training as well as their guides.[/quote]
I have avalanche gear and avalanche training and a lot of backcountry experience. The number one thing you learn in avalanche training is to assess snow conditions for avalanche risk...and you don't go into avalanche-prone territory when the risk is high. There is nothing that gear can do to save you...it just gives people a chance to recover your near-dead or dead body. The risk right now is extremely high because of a large storm, with unconsolidated powder, that fell on top of snow that had been through some melt-freeze cycles. The risk is extreme...and I won't even traverse moderate slopes right now.

There is some indication that they were trying to take a route that wasn't right in the avy-prone area. Not clear if they got off-route or what happened. They were also closely grouped together as opposed to spread out (best practice in avy-prone areas).[/quote]

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