Snow safety

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Snow safety includes precautions in snowy terrain, beyond what is needed for cold weather.

Hidden hazardsSnow covers features of the landscape, making it impossible to see clefts, streams and other dangers underneath.

AvalanchesAvalanches are a danger of mountain areas. Steep slopes can hold only so much snow before excess volume will release and come down as a wave of snow.

Snow blindnessSnow blindness is a variant of ultraviolet keratitis, caused by extreme levels of ultraviolet light reflected by snow, similar to sunburn.

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