DID YOU KNOW?

The word ‘avalanche’ was born in the Alps, from the Alpine dialect lavanche, from avaler, meaning ‘descend’.

■ DOWNLOAD THIS

The free ‘Be Avalanche Aware’ app by SAIS provides daily avalanche reports in the most popular areas of Scotland; digital tools for checking slope angle and aspect; planning guides and more. sais.gov.uk

■ BUY THIS

The quickest and most reliable way to measure slope angle on a map is to use a reference card. Shaven Raspberry produces two: one for use on 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 maps and one for 1:40,000 and 1:25,000 map scales.