Avalanche basics:
Two avalanche primers:
here and
here
On avalanche risks
Eight steps to reducing your avalanche risk
Avalanche facts
Danger scales for avalanches
Snowmans FAQ
Munter's 3x3 method
Backcountry skiing basics:
Backcountry skiing FAQ
Backcountry skiing hazards and safety recommendations
Avalanche Safety Equipment:
EKW Fund - Wholesale Avalanche Equipment
Snow and avalanche conditions:
Current avalanche and weather conditions in the Central Wasatch
Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center: World wide avalanche forcasts.
Westwide Avalanche Network:
Professional resources
American Avalanche Institute:
Snow, ice and weather related links:
Western US snow summary
Snow and Ice data:
Beautitful snow crystal gallery:
Snow crystal gallery:
Another snow crystal gallery:
A poor translation of Munter's scheme
Avalanche references:
Perla, Ronald I. and Martinelli, M. Jr., Avalanche Hanbook,
- USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 489, July 1976.
David McClung and Peter Schaerer,
Avalanche Handbook,, - The Mountaineers, Seattle, 1993.
M. Falk, H. Brugger and L Adler-Kastner,
"Avalanche survival chances",
- Nature,
Vol. 368, 3 March 1994.
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General information bibliography from the Snowman
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Technical information bibliography from the Snowman
Altavista web search for avalanche references:
Avalanche modeling references:
Avalanche simulation
Altavista web search
Miscellaneous avalanche links:
Some more
basics:
Zurich Global Information System:
Italian Center for avalanche defense
Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research
To Eyre skiing page.