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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New research from the SLF in Davos, Switzerland, shows that cracks in weak layers can propagate at over 100 m/s, which is much faster than previously thought possible.
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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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