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Canadian Avalanche Operations


Introduction to Weather Forecasting:

  • Chapter 1: Basic Meteorology
  • Chapter 2: Atmospheric Circulation
  • Chapter 3: Clouds and Precipitation
  • Chapter 4: Winter Weather Patterns in Western Canada
  • Chapter 5: Weather Observations
  • Chapter 6: Weather and the Mountain Snowpack
  • Chapter 7: Climate
  • Chapter 8a: Basic Weather Forecasting

Advanced Weather Forecasting:

  • Chapter 8b: Advanced Weather Forecasting
  • Chapter 9: Historic Weather and Climate Data
  • Chapter 10: The Forecast Funnel

Forecast Funnel Links:

  • Weather Products for Western Canada

Avalanche Search and Rescue

  • Lesson 1: Avalanche Survival and Mortality
  • Lesson 2: How Modern Transceivers Work
  • Lesson 3: Transceiver Interference
  • Lesson 4: Transceiver Function Check
  • Lesson 5: Stages of a Transceiver Search
  • Lesson 6: Multiple Burials
  • Lesson 7: Deep Burials
  • Lesson 8: Probing
  • Lesson 9: Search Equipment
  • Lesson 10: Strike Team Shovelling Technique
  • Lesson 11: Rescue and Medical Triage
  • Lesson 12: First Aid and Evacuation
  • Lesson 13: Avalanche Incident-Site Organisation
  • Lesson 14: Post-Incident Issues and Responsibilities
  • Lesson 15: Risk in Avalanche Search and Rescue

Observation Guidelines and Recording Standards

  • Chapter 1: Weather and Snow Observations
  • Chapter 2: Field Weather Observations
  • Chapter 3: Snowpack Observations
  • Chapter 4: Avalanche Observations
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