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| − | ; | + | ;CalTopo mapping tool: https://caltopo.com |
| − | ;CalTopo | + | ;CalTopo training: https://training.caltopo.com |
| − | ; | + | ; Backcountry Ski Maps (with routes and slope angle shading, digital and print): https://backcountryskimaps.com |
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== Map reading == | == Map reading == | ||
;Introduction to Topographical maps: http://faculty.icc.edu/estermer/reading_a_topographic_map.htm; http://howtowilderness.com/map-training/ | ;Introduction to Topographical maps: http://faculty.icc.edu/estermer/reading_a_topographic_map.htm; http://howtowilderness.com/map-training/ | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 16 December 2022
Contents |
Avalanche Basics and Nomenclature
- Avalanche Safety Tutorial (National Avalanche Center)
- https://avalanche.org/avalanche-tutorial/
- Avalanche Encyclopedia (National Avalanche Center)
- https://avalanche.org/avalanche-encyclopedia/#anchors
- How to Read an Avalanche Advisory (Sierra Avalanche Center)
- http://sierraavalanchecenter.org/how-to-read-avalanche-advisory
- Free snow pit plotting software
- http://www.snowpilot.org/
- A quick description of faceting (and other information on the physics of snow crystal formation)
- http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/faceting/faceting.htm
Stability Test Videos
- Where to Dig a Snowpit
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7n4S1U7ybM
- Demonstrations of several snowpack (in)stability tests
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvwhuP4qtQg
Rescue and Rescue Equipment
- BCA Training Videos
- https://backcountryaccess.com/en-us/learn-avalanche-safety/avalanche-rescue
- Extensive Transceiver Reviews
- https://beaconreviews.com
- Transceiver Software Updates
- http://beaconreviews.com/transceivers/updating.asp
- Snow Immersion Suffocation (SIS) Safety
- http://www.deepsnowsafety.org/index.php/
On-line Maps Tools with Slope Angle, and Route-finding Exercises
- Route-Finding Interactive On-line Exercise
- https://avysavvy.avalanche.ca/en-ca/route-finding-exercises
- CalTopo mapping tool
- https://caltopo.com
- CalTopo training
- https://training.caltopo.com
- Backcountry Ski Maps (with routes and slope angle shading, digital and print)
- https://backcountryskimaps.com
Map reading
- Introduction to Topographical maps
- http://faculty.icc.edu/estermer/reading_a_topographic_map.htm; http://howtowilderness.com/map-training/
- How to Use a Compass with a Topo Map
- http://education.usgs.gov/lessons/compass.html
- Interactive Map tutorial
- http://voyager.cs.bgsu.edu/topo/topo.html
- Guide to Topo Map Margins
- http://education.usgs.gov/lessons/map_margins_2p.pdf
- Using a GPS with a Paper Map
- http://www.n-sda.org/files/education/maps/UsingaGarminGPSwithPaperLandMaps_Manual.pdf
Avalanche Video/Media Archive
- A Dozen More Turns (Film)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Pye9f602s
- The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek (Film)
- http://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/100000001957178/the-avalanche-at-tunnel-creek.html
- The Human Factor 1.0
- http://www.powder.com/the-human-factor-1.0/
- The Human Factor 2.0
- http://features.powder.com/human-factor-2.0/chapter-1
- Dry Gulch Avalanche (December 5, 2010 Report)
- http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/acc/acc_report.php?acc_id=225&accfm=inv
- Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial & Rescue in Haines, Alaska
- http://vimeo.com/6581009
- Tree Well Incident Caught on Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jvEYzh_1Sg
Avalanche Education
- AIARE - the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Training
- http://www.avtraining.org/
- Sierra Avalanche Center local providers
- http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/education
== Beacons software and testing == (as of 10/2017)
- Beacon reviews http://beaconreviews.com/transceivers/transceiver_overview.asp
- Barryvox (Mammut) Firmware 4.0 - update and test by
- Tracker testing (BCA) - testing checklist http://backcountryaccess.com/product/avalanche-transceiver-tracker-2/
- Ortovox https://www.ortovox.com/us/services/emergency-equipment/avalanche-transceivers/update/
- Pieps Service Centers http://www.pieps.com/en/dealer?keys=&&lat=39.327962&lon=-120.18325329999999
Recommended Reading
- Snow Sense, Jill Fredston & Doug Fesler, Fifth Edition (2011)
- Avalanche Essentials, Bruce Tremper (2013)
- Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, Bruce Tremper (2008)
- Avalanche Handbook, David McClung & Peter Schaerer (2006)
