Venturing into the backcountry is as alluring as it is dangerous. As soon as you enter terrain that has not been mitigated for avalanche risk, you take the risk of being injured or killed in an ...

The CAIC reports that the avalanche was a Persistent Slab. This type of avalanche includes various layers, and is defined as the "release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab), when the bond to an ...