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We are wrapping up the 2014/2015 forecast season but avalanche season continues

We are currently issuing advisories 5 days a week until our final advisory on Thursday, April 30th.  Advisories will be posted at 7 am each day except Mondays and Wednesdays. There is still plenty of snow at the mid and higher elevations and that means avalanche season is not over! Springtime avalanche conditions remain along with avalanche conditions due to storms that roll through. We will be posting a final report on May 1st that focuses on the various avalanche...

ARCTIC MAN – AVALANCHE RESCUE WORKSHOP!!

Join CNFAIC forecasters at ARCTIC MAN 2015 for a FREE avalanche rescue workshop!! In 2 hours we will teach you and your crew how to effect an efficient and successful avalanche rescue. Bring your own gear or use ours. Free demos and prizes from Backcountry Access (including a set of BCA Link Radios!!), A2D Sledworks and special incentives from AMDS!!! PDF version of Flyer is here:  ARCTIC MAN 2015 FLIER

SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS WEEKEND!

UPDATE: EXPIRED ON APRIL 4TH SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN APRIL 3RD THROUGH SUNDAY APRIL 5TH  Click HERE for PDF version A SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TURNAGAIN PASS, PORTAGE VALLEY, GIRDWOOD VALLEY AND SURROUNDING ZONES. SPRINGTIME WEATHER AND AN UNSTABLE SNOWPACK WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS IN THE BACKCOUNTRY THIS WEEKEND. LARGE HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON STEEP, SHADY SLOPES WITH A NORTHERLY ASPECT. NATURAL AND HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON SOUTHERLY SLOPES IN THE AFTERNOONS...

Cantwell Avalanche Accident Report is Out

The Cantwell avalanche accident report is finished. Please take a few minutes to read and share this with your crew. Some valuable lessons to be learned. A huge thanks to the witnesses/rescuers for sharing this story with the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center. March 14th, 2015 - Squaw Creek Avalanche Accident, near Cantwell, Alaska One snowmachiner caught, fully buried, recovered and flown to an Anchorage area hospital with serious injuries, later succumbed to injuries on 18 March 2015.  

It’s PFD time and that means PICK, CLICK, GIVE!

The Friends of the Chugach Avalanche Center is an official Pick. Click. Give. organization. When you apply for your PFD please consider supporting your public avalanche center.  Even if you have already applied for your PFD, you have until March 31st log back in and donate - it's not too late.  Roughly half of the Avalanche Center budget relies on public support and every little bit helps! These funds allows us to provide the best possible services, including daily avalanche forecasts, weather...