Snowboarding Dangers

Kota Saint Jovite Youngblood is the owner and president of Youngblood Metals Mining. When he is not working, Kota Saint Jovite Youngblood enjoys snowboarding with his children.
Early in the season, snowboarders are susceptible to different obstacles in the freshly fallen snow, including unseen branches, tree stumps, or rocks. The cause is a low snow base, or low depth of the packed snow on snowboarding tracks. According to Oregon’s Hoodoo Mountain Resort general manager, 150 inches of snow is an ideal snow base.

Jutting objects can damage equipment and cause bodily injuries, especially on ungroomed areas such as outskirts of official snowboarding slopes that have not been cleared by resorts or landowners. Obstacles under the snow are not marked, which means that snowboarders must rely on their vision to watch out for rocks, and branches, among other obstacles.

The weather plays an important role in preventing injuries, as well. On sunny days, snowboarders may see the occasional jutting rock. On cloudy days, the weather may bring in some fog, preventing snowboarders from seeing the obstacles.


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