Christ Stethem on The Avalanche Hour Podcast
Chris Stethem, a founding member of the Canadian Avalanche Association, appears on the Avalanche Hour podcast with Grant Statham.
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What’s the Score?
Dave Richards proposes a method of scoring snow pits to better communicate test results.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Wind Slab or Storm Slab?
Nata De Leeuw looks into how forecasters determine when an avalanche problem is a wind slab and when it’s a storm slab, and why that matters.
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Interview: Wren McElroy on Creating an Operational Resiliency Toolbox
Wren McElroy discusses creating an operational resiliency program with the BC Ministry of Transportations & Infrastructure Avalanche Control Program.
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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.
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Pattern Recognition in Meteograms
Pattern recognition is key to understanding meteograms.
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Of Jellyfish and Remote Arctic Roads: Reflections on ISSW 2024
ISSW 2026 in Tromsø reflected the avalanche problems faced by the hosts, and included a strong contingent of Canadians.
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