November 7, 2024

The Avalanche Journal – Volume 133 Now Online

The Fall 2023 issue of The Avalanche Journal is now available free, online, through our complete Journal Archives.

The Fall 2023 issue of The Avalanche Journal is now available free, online, through our complete Journal Archives. This issue goes in depth into how different operations managed the deep persistent slab problem that plagued the snowpack of much of British Columbia over the 2022-23 winter. This issue includes insights from Avalanche Canada, Selkirk Lodge, CMH, ACMG Ski Guide Penny Goddard, and snowmobile guide Julie-Anne Chapman.

The issue also includes research into how avalanche forecasters differentiate between wind slabs and storm slabs, and into transceiver interference. Finally, it features an excerpt from our CAA History Project interview with former CAA Executive Director Clair Israelson.

Check it out:

From the Archives: The Avalanche Detective

An oral account of an avalanche heard while vacationing in Newfoundland leads to information about an 1891 slide that took three lives in a tiny coastal community.

The Canadian Hydrological Model

The Canadian Hydrological Model is a new way of estimating snow cover in the Canadian Rockies. It can provide vital information for avalanche professionals, snow hydrology researchers, and alpinists, who are all interested in snow cover.

CAA History Project Interview: Geoff Freer

Geoff Freer started working in the avalanche industry in the early-70s. He was part of the Avalanche Task Force formed following the North Route Cafe avalanche in 1974, was the first manager of the BC Minister of Highways avalanche program, and a founding member of the CAA.