I suppose, but again, in the case of Roo's example, if you have step by step instructions (set your beacon to reciever etc.) and put those instructions in the hands of people with out beacons then what?
I'm used to bc skiing in the Wasatch, JH, and Beartooth MT / Bozeman area. Most people are pretty aware of avy situations and are pretty well prepared. Hell in bounds at Bridger probably over half of all skiers on a powder day are carrying a beacon and shovel. Granted maybe half of them know how to use them, but the ones who dont know aren't usually heading out of bounds or doing any bc skiing and usually have enough knowledge to know how little knowledge they have.
I have seen areas for more avalanche education even in these areas though.
Once was skiing teton pass and while hiking south on a moderate avy danger day i witnessed a group of about a dozen Hispanics sledding in Avalanche bowl. they didnt name it that because they ran out of other names, but there were about 4 adults and 8 kids sledding terrain I would not have skied that day. Never crossed my mind that we could use bilingual avalanche education, and my complete lack of any ability to speak spanish made it impossible for me to explain the danger to them. I think any attempts to explain the dangers is definitely valid, just dont think its possible an instruction sheet in the field will do a bit of good.
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