Video captured a skier’s point-of-view while being caught in a small avalanche in the Vail and Summit County zone.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center shared the video, noting some of the skiers’ actions that the center claimed saved their lives.

Two skiers were caught in a large, soft-slab avalanche on a north-facing, near-treeline slope, the information center said, when they triggered the slide.

“The skier in the video did two things that decreased his odds of injury and burial,” the video said. “He kept his hands out of his pole straps before the run. He kept his feet downhill once caught.”

As of March 1, the center said 23 people in the United States have been killed in avalanches.

“Projecting forward, 2015-2016 could be one of the worst winters for avalanche deaths in recent years,” the center said.

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