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Category: Backcountry

From avalanche danger to avalanche risk … and why it depends on the terrain.

In alpine winter sports, too, “danger” is often and regularly confused with “risk” and these two terms are often used indistinctly. This also applies to “avalanche danger” and thus the “avalanche risk” that freeriders take.

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