https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfHb_i273xc&list=RDCMUC9JoqmFQnLjVmgqE_7uqMyA&index=2 After years of physical training and planning for their record-breaking project, La Liste: Everything or Nothing, professional skiers Jérémie Heitz and Sam Anthamatten arrived in Pakistan to find sketchy avalanche conditions on one of their planned routes. Learn what they decided to do and how pro athletes navigate safety...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itky_NCCFq0&list=RDCMUC9JoqmFQnLjVmgqE_7uqMyA&start_radio=1&rv=Itky_NCCFq0&t=1 In the mountains, every decision matters and every avalanche has a lesson. As a community of snow enthusiasts, we can use these stories to learn how to be safer going forward. Excitement keeps us exploring, but phenomena like “powder panic” and “summit fever” can cause us to be blinded...

The 1961, 1976 and 1978 editions of the USFS Avalanche Handbooks are now available online at the National Agricultural Library Digital Collections. Follow the link below to view. https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_field=all_fields&q=Avalanche+handbook

This paper explores some work that the SLF avalanche warning team has been doing by adding additional information to the avalanche danger rating by adding a “+” or a “-“  to the danger rating.  They found that – at least for their forecasts in Switzerland – that their forecasters...

By Tess Williams Updated: March 28, 2022Published: March 25, 2022 This story has been updated. Click here for the latest news. ----------- An avalanche late Thursday covered upper Hiland Road in Eagle River’s South Fork Valley, narrowly missing several homes and prompting power outages that affected more than 100 residences. There was no indication that...