Spring can be a challenging time for avalanche conditions. Dramatic swings in weather and snow conditions are possible. As we’ve seen in the past month, we can move from mid-winter

This year, with the new website, we’ve added elevation bands.  These are labeled Upper, Middle, and Lower elevation.  These are rather generic names intentionally. Elevation bands throughout our forecast vary

Here we are approaching the end of January, and I’m just getting to the first blog post. Less than six weeks ago, we issued our first forecast of the season,

This is the second of three articles in the case study of an avalanche accident that happened on Big St. Joseph Peak on Sunday, January 3, 2021. The first article

On January 3rd of 2021, two experienced skiers triggered an avalanche on the east face of St. Joseph Peak. One skier was caught and carried 300’. Luckily, he skied off