Avalanche season has started

[sardog1]

The USFS Snow Rangers at Pinkham have posted their first daily Avalanche Advisory of the season.

With the new snow and some long-pent-up nival demand among many of us, it's worth taking a look at the advisory. Not only for its specific content, but also generally to start those avy eyes working and to prompt you to practice now with your beacon.

 

[Kevin Rooney]

Wow! Nival, eh? Had to look that one up:

"ni·val (nvl)adj.

Of, relating to, or growing in or under snow: nival species of plants.
[Latin nivlis, from nix, niv-, snow; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots.]"

Give yourself a couple of Attaboys for word usage!