The Friends of the Avalanche Center is a 501c3 Non-profit organization devoted to supporting the CNFAIC. If you think a public avalanche center for backcountry users is important and you would like to help, become a member and support your Avalanche Center.

The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center (CNFAIC) is a program sponsored by the US Forest Service to provide timely snowpack and weather information to winter backcountry users at Turnagain Pass.

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Members/Donors for the 2011/2012 Winter

Memberships in the Friends run from October 1st to September 30th each year. All contributors of $10 or more will become members automatically. If you use the avalanche forecast and this website please contribute today.

Thanks for the support!!

 Click to take a look at our typical donations levels.

Crown Face Members

Josh Allely
Jaime Andersen
Hans Arnett
Rebecca Bailey
Clayton Beethe
Lee & Colleen Bolling
Olivia & Forest Bommarito
Rob Whitney & Holly Brooks
Kami Cabana
Cynthia Cacy
Anson Cheng
Bryn Clark
Jeff Conaway
Laurie & Mackie Derrick
Brooke Edwards
Dave Bass & Annie Feidt
Billy Finley
Galen Flint
Chris Flowers
Eric Geisler
Doug & Jen Huvar
Ashley Hovis & Kyle Kidder
Carolyn Kirchner
Anthony Larson
Chrissy May
Andrew Moderow
Elizabeth Moore
Dave Shuman & Meg Perdue
Lisa Portune
Liz & Skip Repetto
Kelly Rodgers
Gretchen Roffler
Chad Ross
Chris Seaman
Patrick Sullivan
Valerie Waldrop & Marc Kornm
Mike Welch
Chad Wermager
Eric Wieman
George Woodward
Jo Young

Bed Slope Members

Dayton Young
Aaron Ahonen
Rachel Bobka
Justin Bobka
Dave Brailey
Kristin Dolence
Michael Durtschi
Dustin Engelken
Mark Gillum
Heather Hanson
Tuck Hayes
Gwen Sensenig & Phil Hess
Kent Hinchey
Paula Lee Hope
Mike Jens
Matthew Johnson
Ed Kessler
Trip Kinney
Eeva Latosuo
Nino Muniz
Andrew Newton
Hannah Predeger
Alannah Rice
Claire & Ryan Rosston
Chris Clark & Rachel Samuelson
Raena Schraer
Darcy Dugan &Tobias Schwoerer
Elizabeth Sharp
Cynthia Sisson
Travis Smith
Cindi Squire
Christopher Stinson
Eric Szymoniak
Peter Van Tuyn
Carolynne Wang
Rachel Steer & Alex Wilson

Debris Pile Members

JeanMarie Arnold
Carly Davis
Mark Aatelli
David Agosti
Jon Agosti
Tim Allwood
Erika Ammann
Stephen Austin
Chris and Joy Backstrum
David Bacon
Dani Baldwin
Cillian Barrett
Adam Baxter
Amie Rae Benedict
Leah Besh
Amber Bethe
Dan Beutel
Dawn Bird
Lucas Bird
Kim Black
Todd Blessing
Jennifer Boisvert
Dario Borghesan
Mark Brady
Els Brady
Dana Bruden
Paul Brusseau
Steve Bryer
Julie Buehler
Brian Burnett
Erik Burney
Lindy Byerly
Brian Carberry
Sandy Chio
Joshua Clark
Sal Condek
Emily Conway
Cassie Cook
Tim Cook
Andy Corey
Don Cowden
Janice Crawford
Benjamin Crawford
Rebecca Cuniberti
Ed Czech
Nick D'Alessio
Alex & Amber Davidson
Jen Davies
Veronica DeBoer
Kasey Dethlefs
Jeffrey DeWitt
Patrick Dewone
Matt Dietrick
Tony Doyle
Jeremiah Drage
Josh Duffs
John Dukos
Neil Durco
Joshua Dvorak
Gary Eaton
Nancy Elrod
Leighan Falley
Mark Fedor
Alexa Filanowicz
Peggy Finnegan
Mike Finnegan
Shawn Florio
Ashley Floyd
Chelsea Frehulfer
Tim Gallagher
Lauren Georgelos
Chester Gilmore
Howard Gober
Lena Goldsmith
Amadeo Gonzales
Tyler Goodnight
Susan Goodwin
BriAnna Graves
Tom Griffin
Conor Hallisy
Sabrina Hamilton
Ryan Hammel
Rob Hammel
Brett Harvey
Mary Haught
Mike Healy
James Henry
Scott Hickox
Zach Hill
Marc Hoffmeister
Jessica Hogan
Rosa Hohnstein
Demian Holder
Dustin Horton
Howard Hunt
Cliff Hyatt
Ivy Ivanoff
Dwight Iverson
Michael Jacquot
Amber Johnson
Serena Jones
Alexander Kaufman
Kevin Keeler
Mandy Kinney
Tim Kirk
Miles Knotek
Matt Komatsu
Ethan Kopacz
Matt Kropke
Marta Krynytzky
Joe Kurtak
Brian Litmans
Jerry Little
Meaghan Loughlin
Mike Lovejoy
Meredith Lueck
Nick Madison
Matt Malecha
Corinne Marzullo
Mera Matthews
Kent May
Ben May
Kevin McDermott
Scott McInarceyk
Stuart McPherson
Luc Mehl
Karen Miernyk
Andy Milewski
Jim Mitchell
Gina Motoyama
Liam Murphy
Ryan Hickel & Alissa Nagel
Jennifer O'Bryon
Eric Opland
Jon Page
Jenny Pahl
Patrick Palmer
Jill Parsons
Erin Popek
Brook Predeger
Jordan Pruszenski
Kathleen Reardon
Michael Reed
Chris Renolds
Troy and Amy Rhodes
Kevin Rie
David Roch
Bill Romberg
Jorge Romero
Beth Rosenberg
Keith Sanfacon
Paul Schauer
Bradley Seklau
Carolyn Seramur
Sean Simmons
Tommy Smith
Landon Smith
Brandon Smith
Blaine Smith
Sue Sommers
Peter Stahley
Chad Starr
Don Stevens
Aunnie Steward
Ari & Melanee Stiassny
Kathy Still
Carl Strom
Pete Tallman
Luke Tanaka
Jake Todd
Charles Treinen
John Trimble
Paul Twardock
James Van Lanen
Carlene Van Tol
Neil Waggoner
Beth Walker
Buck Walsky
Jim and Doreen Warner/Rossberg
Michael Wayt
Marcus Wisdorf
Jeremy Wood
Jed and Allie Workman
Paul Wunnicke
Allyson Youngblood
Marta Zegzdryn
Rich Zitzow
Membership Level Contribution (dues + donation)
Crown Face > $100
Bed Slope $50 - $99
Debris Pile$10 - $49
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