Increasing avalanche safety, awareness after recent snow-related fatalities

Increasing avalanche safety, awareness after recent snow-related fatalities

The West was smacked with feet of snow from back-to-back storms this week, increasing avalanche risks. After several avalanche-caused fatalities, Rebecca Hodgetts, avalanche specialist with the USFS Avalanche Center, joins FOX Weather to talk about how avalanches are caused, studied and what to watch for when out in the backcountry.