Research Paper in English By Mathias Zollbrecht Theme: Backcountry Snowboarding in Oregon and the Southwest Washington Cascades. First of all, the definition of Backcountry Snowboarding: When you see photos from snowboarder with deep fresh powder snow in magazines it is like a dream, you want to feel free and you wished you were with the snowboarder on the picture. Those boarder don't use chairlifts and board on a slope with many people on it, they …showed first 75 words of 799 total…

…showed last 75 words of 799 total…receive continuous beeps the nearer they come to the buried person. 2.<Tab/>The avalanche shovel, very important, because it is impossible to dig out a person only with the hands. 3.<Tab/>The avalanche probe, a long stick, which is also used to find the person under the snow. It is very used to see how deep the person is buried, because the beeper does not say that.