Today, it’s hard to imagine teaching or practicing avalanche safety without the human factors, but psychology wasn't always an accepted part of the curriculum. In “Behavioral Science in the Backcountry," economics reporter and splitboarder...

Story & photographs by Todd Richards, originally published in TAR 41.2. Trigger warning: this story contains an explicit description of a near-death encounter via avalanche. FEBRUARY 14, 1989, TELLURIDE COLORADO, 12,227’ We rode a chairlift called...

CHECK YOUR MAILBOXES FOR THE THIRD ISSUE OF THIS WINTER’S AVALANCHE REVIEW! Two things on my mind right now. The first was inevitable once the December omega block settled in for the duration, then was...

Travis Feist has officially joined A3's Board of Directors. Travis was appointed by unanimous vote during the quarterly A3 Board of Directors meeting on February 20, 2024. We're excited to welcome Travis to a...

From our 2023 Winter Webinar Series, a roundtable conversation with professionals from across the avalanche industry who utilize Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) in their operations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17XD9Dc1mYI&t=1658s&ab_channel=AmericanAvalancheAssociation

Mountaineering historian Lowell Skoog recently sent the American Avalanche Association (A3) a recording of a phone interview he did with glaciologist and pioneering avalanche researcher Ed LaChapelle in 2001. During the 90-minute conversation, Lowell...

Story & photographs by Jonathan Preuss, originally published in TAR 41.1 It was my third day out in the Mushroom Ridge area. I was feeling confident that I knew what was going on in the...

CHECK YOUR MAILBOXES FOR THE SECOND ISSUE OF THIS WINTER’S AVALANCHE REVIEW! Early winter: waiting for the snow and savoring the sun. This is when we start to hear the first notes of the songs...

Last week, onX Backcountry became the first digital navigation app to integrate the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES). The new layer can be toggled on in Snow Mode to show four different colors for...

Backcountry Access and the American Avalanche Association are pleased to announce that they are once again coming together to present a scholarship program for female-identifying avalanche professionals. The $1,500 per-candidate scholarships will provide tuition...