Tom Waddington - ski coach

So excited to announce this with Dave Ryding - Skier - follow us Outside Ski and sign up to our website www.outsideski.com 🚀🚀🚀🚀

Sometimes skiing moguls does not go to plan. Especially if you are trying to follow 💪🚀🚀🚀
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Plenty of fun to be had in moguls or on the piste!
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Blue sky. Fresh powder. Level 4 avalanche danger ‼️
This is when people make their worst decisions.
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What you see here happens all the time — multiple skiers exposed, skiing above each other, racing for fresh tracks, even after an avalanche has already run.
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On a 4 / 5 (or 4+) day, the focus should be terrain selection — not powder.
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Key reminders:

• Most avalanches happen on slopes between 30–45°
• Ski one at a time in avalanche terrain
• Wait in safe islands, not underneath the slope
• Tracks don’t mean it’s safe - just because it been skied
• Blue sky doesn’t mean stable
• Your group is your rescue — not ski patrol
• Gear only matters if you know how to use it
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Right now around the Verbier area we have a persistent weak layer, which means remote triggering and unexpected avalanches are possible.
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You should also be aware of:
• Terrain traps (gullies, cliffs, trees, flats that increase burial risk)
• Snowpack and persistent weak layers
• Wind direction and wind loading
• Slope aspect and elevation
• Recent avalanche activity
• Snowfall amounts and snow history
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If you’re unsure — step back. Choose lower-angle terrain or have fun on piste.
Powder will come again.
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There are excellent tools and education resources available:

👉 White Risk (Swiss avalanche education & planning)
👉 SLF (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research) avalanche bulletin
👉 Avalanche courses (AST / AIARE / local guides)
👉 Local daily bulletins wherever you ski
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Please share this — awareness prevents accidents.
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It’s just not worth the risk.

🎥 Big thanks to for the second avalanche video and to for the 3rd 🙏🙏🙏