Winter skills 2.5: how to ice axe arrest in the snow

Do you know how to stop yourself sliding on snow by using an ice-axe self-arrest? This is an essential skill when walking and climbing in the winter mountains.

A slip in winter can result in you hurtling down a snowy slope very quickly, possibly with disastrous consequences.

This short film shows how the ice axe can be used to bring you to a stop should you slip - a potential life saver in the mountains.

This is one of a series of instructional films produced exclusively for BMC TV in association with AMI (the Association of Mountaineering Instructors), Lowe Alpine and DMM.

WATCH: 32 winter skills films in our playlist:    • #MakeWinterCount - learn winter mount...  

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