In the Field with the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center

GNFAC Forecasters
The GNFAC is a tremendous resource for our backcountry community and I’m stoked they’re letting me spend a day in the field with them. As an active reader of the daily avy forecasts the center puts out, I’m pretty interested to see how the cake is made, as they say.
Read more
No Comments

Episode 12 – An Interview with Avalanche Forecasters Doug Chabot and Alex Marienthal

Doug and Alex GNFAC
An interview with the GNFAC's executive director, Doug Chabot, and GNFAC avy forecaster, Alex Marienthal.
Read more
No Comments

I Heart My Avy Center Essay Contest Winner

We’d like to thank everyone that participated in the I Heart My Avy Center Essay Contest. In all, we received 25 unique essays representing 15 different avalanche centers! It was inspiring to hear all the great work that avy centers are doing in their mountain communities all over the US and Canada.
Read more
No Comments

Snowpit Analysis: A Refresher on Key Observations

Snowpit digging with snow saw
When you think about evaluating the snowpack, digging a pit is a direct way to observe what the snow is doing in a given area. A snowpit is a crucial tool in assessing what we think is going on and verifying it or gathering more information to answer a specific question about the snowpack. If
Read more
No Comments