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- Alpine Skills International- Provides
avalanche safety training, mountaineering courses, trips, and guiding in Donner Pass and
worldwide.
- American Association of Avalanche
Professionals - The AAAP is a professional organization engaged in the study,
forecasting, control and mitigation of snow avalanches. The site provides mission
statement, membership information and contacts.
- Avalanche Mapping - An educational
non-profit project to create and share digital avalanche data with backcountry explorers.
- Canadian Avalanche Association - Canadian
avalanche forecasts, provides avalanche training courses for the public and offers updates
on danger levels in Western Canada.
- Colorado Avalanche Information Center
- (CAIC), the snow avalanche forecasting and education center for the state of Colorado.
- Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center - Current and
historic avalanche records, reference and safety items, photos and movies, news,
statistics and avalanche accounts. Sale of Tee-Shirts, Tranceivers, Shovels, Probes,
Books, Videos and Snow Study Materials.
- Forest Service National Avalanche Center - The
site is still under construction, but promises education, research, and technology
for professionals and to the public through classes, videos, and information.
- Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center -
Current Advisories for Southwest Montana, Avalance Education information, Observations,
Annual Reports, Articles, Weather, and Links.
- Jackson, Wyoming - Bridger-Teton
National Forest Backcountry Avalanceh Hazard & Weather Forecast.
- Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center -
Promotes public safety by helping reduce the impact of snow, avalanches and adverse
mountain weather on transportation, industry and recreation.
- Norwegian Geotechnical Engineering - Research /
Development and advisory services in snow avalanche hazard, geotechnics, engineering
geology reservoir mechanics hydrogeology and environmental geotechnics.
- NOVA: Avalanche! - PBS explores
the science of natural disasters.
- Ortovox- Sales of packs, tranceivers, clothing, and safety accessories.
- Sierra Avelanche Center -
The U.S. Forest Service's Truckee Ranger Station information, with current information,
hazard ratings explanation, snowpack, Reno/Tahoe weather, and links to other relevant
sites.
- Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche
Research - A branch of the Swill Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape
Research providing links to general and current snow / avalanche information, courses and
events, publications and library sites.
- Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Assess Avalanche Hazards for New Road Corridors in Alaska - An interesting site with information about avalances and
using GIS in their mapping, modeling et al.
- Westwide Avalanche Network - Affiliated with The
American Association of Avalanche Professionals, this site provides current Avalanche
advisory, education, accidents, from U.S. and Canadian centers, and information about the
friends of the Avalanche Center.
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