Entries in Avalanche Info (43)
Avalanche Decision Making Survey
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The study includes an online survey with questions about experience and background, typical skiing/riding partners, perceptions of avalanches and ski patrol and an interactive ‘pick a run’ exercise.
March 22, 2008
Change is in the air. The snowpack is about to go wack(y). Kyle Hale gives us the heads up on the low down. Following that is the first weekly TC update of the season. It may also be the last.
March 12, 2008- The Dome Glacier, Rogers Pass
Ruby and I finally hooked up for an overdue day of touring up in the Pass. With the Feb 23/27 surface hoar layer being the big performer recently, we treaded lightly and did some digging to further assess the area we were in. Check out the latest edition of RubyTV.
March 9th, 2008
Stop holding your breath - here's the latest Ruby update on the state of our snowpack!
March 1, 2008
Some snow has finally fallen. Ruby gives us some thoughts on the backcountry snowpack. Please forgive the tardiness of this post. And forgive the poor sound quality. The wind was howling. We are now accepting donations of remote and/or directional microphones with wind sock.
Snowpack Testing How-to Videos
MEC and the CAC have joined up to help you learn more about avalanche awareness. Leading experts have contributed articles and videos related to avalanche safety. Check out a good series of how-to videos with Cam Campbell, Public avalanche forecaster for the Canadian Avalanche Centre and Researcher for the University of Calgary's Applied Snow and Avalanche Research. In these videos he demonstrates how to assess snow stability using a compression test and a Rutschblock test.