By Alex Cooper An edited version of this interview was published in The Avalanche Journal, Volume 141, Summer 2026. The complete audio and transcript follows. IN 1998, PASCAL HAEGELI CAME TO CANADA as an energetic and ambitious PhD student at UBC’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences. A passionate backcountry skier, he soon decided he “didn’t want […]
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By Mike Koppang Note: This article was originally published in The Avalanche Journal, Vol. 138, Summer 2025 A GOAL OF THE FORECASTING PROGRAM in Kananaskis has been trying to find different ways to innovate our risk management communication to the public in terms of avalanche danger and terrain management. The avalanche forecast has always been
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When Snowpack is the Question, Terrain is the Answer By John Sykes This article initially appeared in The Avalanche Journal, Volume 138, Summer 2025 AVALANCHE EDUCATION OFTEN presents terrain as a static factor that is used to manage safety margins during periods of unstable weather and snowpack conditions. While true, this characterization of terrain does
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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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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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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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Research from Simon Fraser University’s Avalanche Research Program looks at including quizzes in avalanche forecasts.
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Heather Hordowick researches how forecasters add, transition, and remove avalanche problems from public avalanche forecasts.
Two graduate students at Simon Fraser University’s Avalanche Research Program published their respective theses recently.
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