A documentary 'Avalanche to Order' about the dangers posed by avalanches in the mountainous regions of the United States. Snow covered mountains as men and women ski along the slopes. A man ski down a slope. An area affected by Avalanche in Alta, Utah. Aftereffects of the avalanche like uprooted trees. Army personnel arrive for rescue work in the area. Machines being used to clear snow from an area. Dozer pushes the snow and rotary blows it up. Men clear the snow with shovels. A wrecked car being recovered from under the snow.
A documentary about the dangers posed by avalanches in the mountainous regions of the United States. A figure about the avalanche angles depicting the anger of avalanche to be high at slopes above 40 degrees. Avalanche terrain at Mount Superior in Alta, Utah. Snow covered Halgate cliff. A figure depicts the avalanche fracture points on straight, convex and concave slopes. An avalanche comes down a slope. Snow water falls down a cliff and gives boost to its velocity. A snow covered house. A man walks on a snow covered surface. Snow waves blow from a mountain peak. A snow storm blows above a canyon. A figure depicts various weather factors that cause avalanche like rate of fall, wind force, temperature and wind direction.
A documentary about the dangers posed by avalanches in the mountainous regions of the United States. A snow stake being used to measure th depth of snow. Reading shows 11 feet depth of snow. Heavy snow fall takes place. Snow stakes shows the reading of fresh snow fall as 2 feet. Wind force being measured with the help of anemometer. Strong wind blows during snow fall. A man on ski board as he climbs up a slope. Wind wane indicates the wind direction. Snow load along the slope. A vehicle covered with snow. An avalanche plunges down a mountain.
A documentary about the dangers posed by avalanches in the mountainous regions of the United States. A snow ranger works on past records and data to predict the occurrence of avalanche. A hydrothermograph. A ranger crushes snow and blows it up. Another ranger checks for unsettled snow. A ranger checks for damp snow on a car to predict an avalanche. A ranger skies down a slope. He hits at fracture points to check out the possibility of an avalanche.
A documentary about the dangers posed by avalanches in the mountainous regions of the United States. A snow ranger puts up a sign that reads ' area closed' to keep away people from the area where avalanches are likely to occur. Men ski down a snow covered slope. A board with a warning on it against the occurrence of avalanche. A ranger informs over a phone about the occurrence of avalanche. A board reads 'Road Closed' . Rangers ski down a pass in Alta. Rangers deliberately ski down a slope as a part of avalanche control method. Explosives being loaded in a bag and rangers carry them along as they climb up a snow covered slope.
A documentary about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in the mountainous regions of the United States. A snow ranger on Mount Baldy in Alta, Utah prepares a package of avalanche starters. Ranger works on cables and a pack of explosives. He tosses the charge onto an avalanche slope. A slide pass being treated. Snow comes rolling down the pass. Snow comes down the same slope on another day. Corners of the slide being treated as ranger digs and plants a charge. Snow blown away. A safety rope helps the ranger stay on top as the explosive goes off in the corner.
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