Avalanche Safety
MEC and the Canadian Avalanche Centre have joined forces to help you prepare for avalanche terrain and learn more about how to play safe every winter. Find videos, articles, courses and more.
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Avalanche Safety Videos
We've pulled together some of the best avalanche education videos on YouTube to help you brush up your skills, or nudge you toward taking a skills training course.
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Join Facebook CAC
Check out the official Facebook page for the Canadian Avalanche Centre. Become a fan today!
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Avalanche Safety Basics
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Avalanche Rescue Equipment
The best strategy for surviving an avalanche is to avoid being caught in one. That being said, you must also be trained to use a tranceiver, probe, and shovel.
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Skills Development
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Online Avalanche Training
This interactive course on the CAC site is an excellent introduction to avalanche safety and first response training. It's also a good way to refresh your knowledge before you head out this winter.
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Search and Rescue
Being fast with your beacon is not enough. Self rescue may require you to efficiently locate, extricate, treat, and evacuate members of your party who need help.
Marc Ledwidge
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Snowpack Analysis
No single test is an ideal indicator of all conditions, but snowpack assessment is an essential tool for evaluating the potential for human triggered avalanches.
Bruce Jamieson
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Snowpack Tests – How To Videos
Get tips on how to conduct snow stability tests from Cam Campbell, Public avalanche forecaster for the CAC and Researcher for the University of Calgary.
Cam Campbell
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Preparing for Avalanche Terrain
Asking yourself an ordered series of questions can help you collect and review all necessary information and direct you toward a making a "go" or "no go" decision.
Colin Zacharias
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Trip Preparation for Safe Winter Travel
Choosing an area with good conditions, and that suits the skills of your group is often better than committing to a destination, then checking out the conditions and terrain.
Alan Jones
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Making Decisions
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Human Factors
Your perception of risk is not always objective. It can be unconsciously influenced by how you feel, your familiarity with the terrain, and who you are with.
Ian McCammon
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions…
A calculated approach to decision making can help you fit together and interpret all information you've collected and assess all of your options.
Pascal Haegeli and Grant Statham
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Ask the Experts
Readers have sent questions to the authors of this series. Visit the Question & Answer forum to read the questions asked and the answers provided.
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