Assessing Avalanche Danger: Backcountry Touring & Snowmobiling
The very real downside of backcountry use is avalanche danger is high. Here’s a few steps and tools you’ll need for a safe journey.
Snowshoeing: A Beginners Guide to Avalanche Safety
The basics to recognizing avalanche terrain.
What Every Snowshoer Needs to Know About Avalanche Safety
Snowshoeing makes an excellent winter activity. Here’s how to go about it safely.
Backcountry Basics: How to Use Your Beacon, Probe & Shovel
Because efficiency is key.
Fine-Tuned Forecasts: Northwest Avalanche Center Launches New Website
Story by Kate Hourihan / photos courtesy of NWAC Between all 20 Avalanche Centers in the U.S., and many others worldwide, no two organizations deliver a daily avalanche forecast in exactly the same way. While there are many overlaps in language, iconography and general structure, each avalanche center ultimately has its own format. And because of this, as research evolves in understanding how to best to keep people safe from avalanche danger, avalanche centers have the ability to fine-tune how information is delivered to users through forecasts. In December 2013, the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) launched a new website. In addition to a visual face-lift, new mobile capabilities, and a more user-friendly interface, significant changes were made to how the daily avalanche forecast is broken down and presented to users. The…