Avalanche Related Resources
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Avalanche Basics and Nomenclature
- Avalanche Safety Tutorial (American Avalanche Associatio)
- http://avalanche.org/tutorial/tutorial.html
- Avalanche Encyclopedia (National Avalanche Center)
- http://www.fsavalanche.org/encyclopedia/
- How to Read an Avalanche Advisory (Sierra Avalanche Center)
- http://sierraavalanchecenter.org/how-to-read-avalanche-advisory
- Crested Butte Avalanche Center Glossary
- http://cbavalanchecenter.org/glossary/
Stability Test Videos
- Where to Dig a Snowpit
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7n4S1U7ybM
- Compression Test Tutorial
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF-NEUfZP1U#t=47
- Extended Column Test
- http://utahavalanchecenter.org/how-do-extended-column-test
- Propagation Saw Test
- http://vimeo.com/37092331
- Shovel Shear Test
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Sku8uFCes
Rescue
- Beacon Searching (2013)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_W4dbVzogw
- Proper Probing Technique
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn-iz8L-2dI
- Strategic Shoveling
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-PiGTbZceQ&feature=youtu.be
- Transceiver Reviews
- http://beaconreviews.com/transceivers/
- Transceiver Manuals
- http://beaconreviews.com/transceivers/Manuals.asp/
- Snow Immersion Suffocation (SIS) Safety (non-avalanche related, part of NSP curriculum)
- http://www.deepsnowsafety.org/index.php/
On-line Tools and Exercises
- Topography Map With Slope Angle Shading (CalTopo)
- http://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=39.35607,-120.33959&z=16&b=sat&o=t&n=0.32&a=c,sg/
- CalTopo Tutorial
- http://caltopo.com/about.html
- Slope Angle Maps
- http://www.slopeanglemaps.com/ [no longer exists! slope angle maps for Washington and Utah available at http://avalanche-maps.org/map.html]
- Slope Angle Shaded Maps of Resort Areas
- http://3dskimaps.com/
- Route-Finding Exercise
- http://www.avalanche.net.nz/education/Online-Avalanche-Course/Route-Finding-Exercises.asp
- Snow pit plotting software(free)
- http://www.snowpilot.org/
- Faceting (and other information on the physics of snow crystal formation)
- http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/faceting/faceting.htm
Avalanche 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
- 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
Education
- AIARE - the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Training
- http://www.avtraining.org/
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)