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I am not sure if Ola reads all the comments, but I will let her know about this one 😉

That was actually me, not Ola 😂😂😂

Ahaha I definitely am :)

Thank you! I had another bottle that I didn't show in the video but for some reason I was very thirsty and finished it all very early

I cannot recommend Norway enough for ski touring!

Thank you:)

Glad you enjoyed it! I can definitely recommend northern Norway for skiing

Thank you! It is great to hear that you like my content! :)

It might just be a bad translation from the words that we use in Italian or German. Thank you for your explanation!

Great to hear! Are you also ski touring in Switzerland? It is actually a Powslayer jacket 😉

And never in real life?

@@giovannisaccarola i live in texas, only skiied for real like 2 times

@@Llb77hsj777 I understand then. Steep is a bit over the top with what you can do 😂

Thank you! I'm glad to hear you liked it

Thank you! I am happy to hear that there is sometimes to learn from this video. I like to share my experiences (like the avalanche in the other video) hoping that there are also teachable moments in them.

@@giovannisaccarola I was on the Ski Patrol in Whistler for 15 Years. Everyone heading into the backcountry should study your video! Cheers!

@@crandallcrute3918 I will take that as a great compliment!

I am glad to hear you liked it. Thank you for watching:)

Thank you! Happy to hear you appreciate it!

First of all, thank you for your very well thought out comment. I see that you really went through the comments and check the avy report before writing it. I agree with most of what you are saying, but I believe there was a safe way to ride that face and the main mistake was to line choice on that face. That is also why I went back and skied a completely different line. We can have a long discussion if I was taking too much risk by being on that face, but I feel that was acceptable for me. Before starting to ski we planned a safe way down with safe spots to wait for each other, but somehow I decided to check this different zone before going to the safe route. I realized rather soon that it wasn't a good choice to ski the line I was skiing and I was too lazy to hike back to get back on the safe way down. The avalache happend while I was doing the few turns that I needed before I could traverse to the safe spot. It might not be clear from the video, but there were some rocks on my right that I needed to go around either by hiking back up or by doing those few turns.

I was very glad to find them too!

Thank you! ☺️

È vero! Ma ogni tanto si allentano lo stesso

Es war noch im Februar. Ich stimme zu, dass die Saison vorbei ist.

I agree that she is great! She is in her first session as an off-piste skier and really tries. I am glad you are enjoying my videos! I am in the privileged position that I live close enough to the mountains that I can ski almost every weekend, but I know it is not the same for everyone. I hope you had great ski trips this season!

Sono contento che il video ha divertito qualcuno. Nonostante il video sembri drammatico a tratti, non è successo nulla di grave 😉

I agree! It is a great place!

I agree, but in this case there was a safe way down that we identified even before the avalanche. I would have not gone back otherwise.

I try to keep safety first every time, but, as you might have already seen from the other videos, you can still make mistakes

@@giovannisaccarola that’s the way one piles up experience. Your video is the first I watched By the way…..is your jacket a Klattermussen from Sweden ?

@@Bruno-tm3xo no the jacket is a Patagonia Powslayer. I agree that it is with those mistakes that you gain experience, but you could still make a fatal one at some point.

This was Engelberg Titlis in Switzerland

Thank you! I always like to keep a positive attitude when possible and not take life too serious

I usually make good decisions except for one time where I ended up in an avalanche. I always try to keep it safe!

Yes, I think it was a clear example that the forecast is a guideline and the local conditions could be very different

Ho un DJI Mini 4 Pro

I think the crown was 30-40 cm

@@giovannisaccarola it might be a good opportunity to do a follow up video recapping what you and your group did right (waiting & watching as one rider rode through at a time) and what you would do differently. You could also submit an avalanche report to your local avalanche agency so others can be aware of a potential side country slide path as well as the lessons learned. If you’re interested in doing that I would return to the incident scene, dig an avalanche pit in a safe zone outside the slide zone to perform a pressure test & study the layers looking for the weak layer, measure the dimensions of path, etc. It could be fun, educational and bring you some closure on processing the incident. During one my avy courses, I investigated and submitted an avalanche incident report for a slide my friend was involved in, in which he almost died from a compound femur fracture. In summary, I concluded that five actions occurred that together gave him enough time to survive until he was rescued. Thankfully, US Naval Air rescue flew 125 miles and performed a nighttime extraction at 10,000 feet (3050 meters). They used the opportunity as a “live training exercise” for their crew. If he would have had to wait for the ground rescue, he would have likely died from blood loss and exposure.

Good decision making is critical for avoiding avalanches. I’ve been out on two big days (1.7-2 meter snowfall) which people died in slides just outside Sugarbowl ski area boundaries. One guy was an upcoming pro snowboarder, who while looking for a famous cliff drop walked out onto a massive cornice. Apparently he left his avy beacon in his vehicle. The debris field was shockingly small, like the area of a large living. He was found 6 feet down, inverted. So the debris depth was massive. When I first heard the EMS sirens during both incidents, I was with my same buddy at the same location on the adjacent ski area, getting ready to drop into 5 feet of well-tracked and controlled snow. I get an eerie feeling whenever I return there, knowing what the sound of sirens on big pow days usually mean.

@@snowsurfr I totally agree that good decision making is the most important skill to avoid avalanches. I am so sorry to hear that you had to go through that. I now also get weird feelings whenever I am in avalanche terrain.

Thank you! I will remember to swear in Italian a little bit next time that something happens 😉

You are right that you should always be careful about secondary avalanches. We did not discuss their decision making when we debriefed the avalanche, but I believe I had already released everything that could slide in that spot.

I agree that I had no reason to leave my airbag at home that day. I didn't have to sign anything in my case and I don't think they even noticed.

Rischio 4 marcato? Era 3 il rischio per il 15 dicembre 2023 (www.slf.ch/en/avalanche-bulletin-and-snow-situation/archive/)

@@giovannisaccarola ho visto la pubblicazione pensavo fosse di sabato. Di che zona sei? Io val Sesia

@@damianoceruti8628 originariamente di Venezia, ma ormai sono a Zurigo in Svizzera da anni. Probabilmente ho una tolleranza per il rischio più alta della media ma non me le vado a cercare 😉

@@giovannisaccarolaio credo che rischio 3 sia accettabile se la zona ha la conformazione giusta. Noi quando manca neve sul rosa andiamo spesso nel Canton Vallese, principalmente loschental ma nelle ultime 2 settimane ci siamo fermati sul Sempione dove c e un piccolo comprensorio con ancoretta, parco giochi 0 rischio valanghe. Domani saliamo da Alagna e andiamo a Gressoney per vedere la tappa europea per l' accesso al mondiale freeride. Avevamo in mente di fare il canalone Giacchetti ma proprio ieri ha staccato investendo un rider, fortunatamente estratto in autosoccorso. Che dire, ormai nemmeno il meteo ha più mezze misure e per quanto riguarda la mia zona con tutta la pendenza che ha le finestre per un freeride "sicuro" si sono ridotte. Avevi si l ABS te lo chiedo perché mi sono scritto con uno Snowboarder professionista Antti Autti e mi ha detto che l ABS può risultare letale. Non ne ho capito la motivazione.

@@damianoceruti8628 ho uno zaino con l'airbag ma per qualche motivo ho scelto di non portarlo quel giorno

Hopefully people can learn something from my mistakes

Yes!!! I had zero expectations of finding it:)

@@giovannisaccarola Yes that would have been long walk down to Gerschnialp.

​@@rainmaker3700that's true😂

I don't completely agree but that has to do with a personal choice about risk tolerance. I probably wouldn't do most of the skiing I am doing if I would refrain from going on slopes over 30° every time the avalanche danger is 3 or above. I agree that most people have a lower risk tolerance or don't have the experience to manage it and should completely avoid this kind of terrain after reading such avy report. I read the avalanche forecast every day I ski, but I believe it is too generic to use it for all your decisions. I had to turn back when the danger was low according to the forecast many times because the snow problem I have encountered was not described there. In my opinion, my mistake was reading the situation mostly right but believing I had the margin to do the few turns I needed to get out of there instead of climbing back up.

I am not a guide or an avalanche professional, but when we are skiing something a bit challenging I always ask other people if they feel ok with it. I think it is really good practice to not be pushy in this situation.

@@giovannisaccarolaMy father is was the president of the mountain guide in a ski resort in France, he had at least 5 calls over his careers of pro and non pro who got sued by the family of deceised relatives. Not much he could do (or wanted to do). This is why I raised that warning. All the best and enjoy tyhe mountain.

I hope other people can learn something from it

Thank you! I really believe there is a lot to learn from each other's mistakes in these situations

What mitakes in your process allowed this risk to be taken? What will you do differently next time, other than ski it again when presumably the risk was still present?

@@PaulSmith-bv4jn first I want to say that there was a safe way down and I agreed with my friends to take that if I told them not to follow me. That's what we skied the second time. From my point of view, the mistake was that I decided to take those few turns that I needed to get out of the dangerous spot instead of climbing back up. I read the situation mostly right but chose to take an unnecessary risk. Next time I should just go back up and not try to get away with it.

I am really sorry that happened to you! Was it avalanche?

Finding the ski was definitely unexpected!

I don't remember the forecast for that day, but I think that is not the point. I agree that this was a case of bad decision making and I want to share it because it can be a learning experience for other people. I read the situation right but made the wrong decision. I was pretty sure there was a wind slab because of the way the snow felt and the shape of the terrain. I did have a shovel in my backpack and all the rest of the avalanche equipment and I would never adventure off piste without. It might not be clear from the video, but I think we handled the communication quite well by planning safe spots and exposing only me to the danger until I was sure. I went back to the same slope because there was a safe way down where I told my friends to ski in case they could not follow me.

​@@giovannisaccarola I think it is pretty relevant, indeed. If it was level 3 and the slope was over 30°, the risk of triggering an avalanche is pretty high. If that was the case, riding that slope was a bad decision. You stop and tell your friends that it feels unsafe, but you still continue skiing right into the middle of that slab. fair enough about the avalanche gear, and also about the safe spots - I think it's hard to see in the clip, but if those were actually safe, then good on you. going back into the same exposure, I don't know about that, seems like pretty poor decision making to me.

@@schonni8390 continuing to ski into the slab was a mistake. The slab started below where I told my friend not to come and I don't think I was in danger until there. From there the right decision, would be to go back up and ski down the safe way that we agreed before starting.

Did your friends had the complete avalanche equipment plus the necessary knowledge with it?

@@VentureOutNow yes! We all had transceiver, shovel and probe and did a transceiver check at the beginning of the day

I wanted to put more focus on the decision making because that is what put me in that situation. It happened on the 15th of December 2023, so what I remember might not be what I observed at the time. I triggered a wind slab that I was pretty sure was there because of the shape of the terrain and the way the snow felt above during the few turns I made before telling my friends to not come. I don't remember the avy forecast for that day except that the danger level was 2 or 3. I am happy to answer any other questions:)

You can find the avy forecast here www.slf.ch/en/avalanche-bulletin-and-snow-situation/archive/

Thanks! Very useful to put this recording in the context of the bulletin! It looks like the steepness is close but less than 30 deg, would you agree? @@giovannisaccarola

@@greengraycolor it is actually steeper than it looks and it is more than 30 degrees according to the map I just checked

@@giovannisaccarola ❤️