An avalanche emergency plan for Broken River

Abstract

This dissertation looks generally at avalanche rescue practices both in New Zealand and overseas. It aims to demonstrate the necessity for such practices and establish a background from which the main part of this work - Part 2- An Avalanche Emergency Plan for Broken River is based upon. It describes in detail the planning process involved in producing the draft plan, and makes recommendations for its implementation . A discussion is also provided of the encompassing legislation and low appreciation of avalanche danger as reasons that underly the absence of such practices on some New Zealand skifields to date.