**IMPORTED FROM AS400**

KEY POINTS & INTENDED USE

En Francais (English Version Style# 5013368)

In the ten year period from 1998 to 2007, there was an average of 12

recreational avalanche fatalities, and many more injures, each year in Canada.

Many of the victims knew how to recognize dangerous conditions. Some even had

formal avalanche training. So why did they get caught?

Growing evidence suggests that many avalanche victims died because they lacked

a simple, systematic way of making decisions in avalanche terrain.In developing

the Avaluator, the CAC studied more than 1400 North American avalanche

accidents and interviewed dozens of avalanche experts.The goal was to learn as

much as possible from past mistakes and pass the information onto people

venturing into the backcountry.MORE

The Avaluator is designed to help you make some of your most critical decisions

before and during your backcountry trips. The card and it's accompanying

booklet focus on 4 key decision and travel skills:

1) Trip Planning

2) Identifying Avalanche Terrain

3) Slope Evaluation

4)Good travel Habits

NOTE: This is a support tool to help you make educational decisions about

avalanche hazards when travelling in the backcountry BUT in NO WAY will this

tool guarantee that an avalanche will not happen.

WHY DISCONTINUED?

09/11/25 CAC no longer has the rights to part of the information printed

on the Avaluator. CAC is working on a new version for the 2010/2011 season.

MEC will be the distributor of the Avaluator for 2009/2010 season.

10/10/29- Replaced by style #5024829-339138.lv

CAC Avaluator Fr.