Inside the Snowpack Model Dashboard
A look at the snowpack.avalanche.ca dashboard. What it does, how it works, how you can use it, and plans for the future.
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Applied Avalanche Research Opportunity At SFU
The Simon Fraser University Avalanche Research Program is seeking applications for a 2.5-year PostDoc position in applied avalanche research. Pascal Haegeli announced in the Fall 2026 issue of The Avalanche Journal that he is leaving SFU to take on the leadership of the Snow Avalanche and Prevention research unit at the Swiss Institute for Snow
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Letter: Upcoming Changes to the SFU Avalanche Research Program
This letter from Pascal Haegeli was published in The Avalanche Journal, Volume 139, Fall 2025 Dear members of the Canadian Avalanche Community, I want to share some important news about my personal future. On June 1, 2026, I will be taking on the leadership of the Snow Avalanche and Prevention research unit at the Swiss
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Avalanche Education Via Learning Interventions in the Bulletin
Research from Simon Fraser University’s Avalanche Research Program looks at including quizzes in avalanche forecasts.
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Is It a Problem?
Heather Hordowick researches how forecasters add, transition, and remove avalanche problems from public avalanche forecasts.
New Research From SARP
Two graduate students at Simon Fraser University’s Avalanche Research Program published their respective theses recently.
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