Click here for a brief December 7, 2014 update on avalanche concerns

Click here for public observations from Arctic Valley Saturday, December 6, 2014

Click here for a brief December 2, 2014 update on avalanche concerns

Click here for photo observations from late November 2014

There’s still insufficient snow coverage to warrant regular observations and information, but we’re hoping that will change soon!  Stay tuned for future updates.

• Need some new gear and threads for the 2014-15 season?  How does a great buy for a good cause on Patagonia Capilene 4 Pro clothing, BCA backpacks and beacons, Voile shovels and probes, Black Diamond avalanche gear, Pieps beacons, and CAMP USA ski-mountaineering equipment sound?  These products and more will be available at the “Trial & Error” Premiere’s silent auction, with 100% proceeds directly supporting the Anchorage Avalanche Center’s 2014-15 program.  Plus, free 18″ Voile straps for the first 50 people through the door that donate to the AAC.  Numerous door prizes and free schwag (BCA koozies, stickers from sponsors, catalogs, posters, energy gels etc.).  Anchorage Avalanche Center posters will be available too ($20 each).  You can see what those look like on the AAC Facebook page.  “Like” the AAC, if you haven’t already!

• Join the Alaska Avalanche Information Center for a solstice-season celebration and benefit for the Anchorage Avalanche Center: Thursday, December 18, 2014 at the BP Energy Center (900 E Benson Blvd).  We’ll be premiering Whiteroom Productions new film “Trial & Error.”  Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10.  Doors open and silent auction begins at 6pm.  Anchorage Avalanche Center presentation at 6:30pm.  Film starts at 7pm.  100% proceeds directly support the Anchorage Avalanche Center’s programming for the 2014-15 season.  There will be door prizes, free schwag, and great deals for a good cause on new gear from our sponsors in the silent auction!

• The Anchorage Avalanche Center was in Banff for the 2014 International Snow Science Workshop.  Check out the paper on our presentation: Piloting an Avalanche Advisory Program for Public Recreation in Alaska’s Most Readily Accessible Avalanche Terrain: the Front Range and Eagle River Area Chugach Mountains

• The Alaska Avalanche Information Center Snow Safety Summit and the Southcentral Alaska Avalanche Workshop (put on by the CNFAIC and APU) were both big successes!  We’re already looking forward to next year’s pre-season events!

• The Anchorage Avalanche Center concluded its second season of avalanche advisories and professional observations for the most frequently visited avalanche terrain of Chugach State Park with its April 26-27, 2014 weekend avalanche outlook.  The Anchorage Avalanche Center provided advisories for 58 days and professional observations for 42 days during the 2013-14 season.  The Anchorage Avalanche Center provided an avalanche outlook for every weekend from December 13, 2013 to April 27, 2014 plus additional advisories-outlooks and observations as much as possible and as conditions dictated due to increasing danger.  If you find this avalanche information program valuable and would like to see it continue for seasons to come, please make a tax-deductible donation to help the Anchorage Avalanche Center achieve sustainability.