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03-09-2007, 12:30 AM #1
Backcountry Links thread (was Backcountry Jong thread)
Putting this in Slide Zone as keep forgetting to bump it.
Keywords: Backcountry JONG Beginner Newb Naxo Freeride Dynafit Avalanche Equipment Skinning Gear Equipment
Some useful links.
AVALANCHE INCIDENTS
avi # 2 baker (Successful rescue of a deep buried victim)
First person account of Berthoud Pass avvy rescue Nov 2005 (Unsuccessful rescue of a victim buried without a tranSceiver)
Going to Dig up a Dead Guy, a TR of Sorts (Unsuccessful rescue of a victim buried without a transceiver, some basic first aid discussion)
Triage: multiple burials and one rescuer (slightly more advanced and technical discussion of protocol in multiple burial situations)
Sobering Avy Story (experienced party are caught in an avalanche in a couloir)
First hand Avalanche account, Decker, 2002 (experienced skier retains enough awareness of escape routes to avoid a burial)
You might be in Avy conditions when.... (numerous videos)
Scared in Slow Motion -- Avalanche Burial Story
Brother Caught in Avalanche Today in St. Anton
Fissile 3.5 avalanche - here and here
Incident, rescue and fatality - Smithers
Death sucks: Don't be that guy
Echo Peak
Tunnel Creek - discussion one - discussion two - discussion three -- and Megan Michaelson Outside Magazine article
First person avvy account - Rossland Range - trees
Tree well close call - Whistler
GLACIER CREVASSE INCIDENTS
Cham...a crevassholes story (entertainingly told from victim's perspective with some rescue description)
[TR] Mt Rainier- Emmons Glacier 7/17/2005
Crevasse rescue incident on Coleman Glacier
WEATHER (Very Canada and BC - Centric)
- Parks Canada Glacier National Park Avalanche Bulletin (250) 837 - MTNS (6867)
- Snow Profiles in GNP area
- Images of various events - GNP area
- Graphs of various events - GNP area
- Weather stations - GNP area (Glacier tab)
- Avalanche Canada - (see Mountain Information Network and Mountain Conditions Report tabs)
- SpotWX - enter Rogers Pass into "Find your spot"
- Windy - enter Rogers Pass into search box
- Environment Canada - Revelstoke - Golden
- Drive BC road and weather conditions 1-800-550-4997
- ACMG Mountain Conditions Reports
- Avalanche Canada Mountain Weather Forecast
- Avalanche Canada Weather Links
- BC Government FLNRO snow pillow and river precip data - Automated Snow Weather Station Data
- BC Government MOE Current Year Automated Snow Pillow Survey Data
- BC Government Ministry of Transportation MOT weather stations
- BC Government Weather and Frost Probe Weather stations
- Avalanche Canada Various Weather stations throughout BC
BOOKS AND COURSES
Avalanche Awareness resources - TGR
Avalanche awareness classes in Sea to Sky corridor of BC - see here for rest of Canada
Avalanche Canada
EXPEDITION AND TRIP PLANNING
Jim Frankenfeld Organized Trips page (awesome way to organize a trip and herd cats)
Demo page of how to organize info - Fairy Meadows - Sharon & Lee
BASIC FIRST AID AND RESCUE
Welcome to OECzone.com
TECHNIQUE
Getting started in the Backcountry - by APD
First and Ten Beacon Practise
Hasty pits
Skinning Efficiently - TGR version - TTips version
TGR Conway's Corner (grab bag of excellent general articles
MEC's Avalanche Awareness Series
Avalanche Canada Online tutorialhttp://www.avalanche.ca/tutorial
Jon Sheffitz Avalanche Level 1 refresheer
UAN - What to Do When You are Caught (in an avalanche)
On shovelling technique - V-Conveyor Method - Outside Online "Avalanche Rescue Needs a Revolutionary"
Uphill Travel Help
What to Carry in the BackcountryLast edited by LeeLau; 12-17-2017 at 03:33 PM.
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09-06-2007, 07:37 PM #2
Wow!
That's a lot of sorting out
I Thank You.
Don't know if I'll have time to read everything though...
...Remember, those who think Global Warming is Fake, also think that Adam & Eve were Real...
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09-21-2007, 10:56 AM #3
Thanks (again), LeeLau!
This is a great resource. Thanks for all the sorting and gathering work, instead of dozens of bookmarks we can keep it simple with this mini-library.
Excellent."Active management in bear markets tends to outperform. Unfortunately, investors are not as elated with relative returns when they are negative. But it does support the argument that active management adds value." -- independent fund analyst Peter Loach
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10-21-2007, 01:39 AM #4
A fine resource that should be stickied. Thanks for the info!
All I know is that I don't know nothin'... and that's fine.
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11-02-2007, 12:45 AM #5
very nice.
sticky this biatch.
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11-03-2007, 06:36 PM #6
thirded for a sticky... great work organizing it all. paging suit!
backcountry makes my wee wee tingle...
"What was once a mighty river. Now a ghost." Edward Abbey
My Adventures
"Feeling good is good enough."
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11-06-2007, 12:51 AM #7
How did I miss this thread until now, great work.
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11-07-2007, 01:58 PM #8
Added some more - have to use a separate post as there's a character limit for single posts.
HUMAN FACTORS
Drew Tabke Interview - Freeskier re overreliance on gear and underreliance on brains
An honest evaluation of the Romeo/Onufer incident - Tetons
Canyons fatality - sidecountry
Introducing wife to Backcountry? (human factors in interesting a partner in trying out backcountry touring)
SUMMIT FEVER (human factors in goal-setting)
s%*t we should turn around thread (more human factors in goal-setting)
Guide for a Day- The Dynamics of Accidental Leadership and TTIPS discussion (insightful article on group dynamics)
Ian MacCammon's excellent article on heuristic traps
Powder Magazine http://features.powder.com/human-factor-2.0/chapter-1The Human Factor 2.0
TECHNIQUE
Top Ten Avalanche Tips
What to do when you are caught
Growth in Backcountry and discussion about how to get experience in skills (not just avalanche assessment skills but skills generally)
Gameplan when you have an airbag
Glossary of terms used in reports - AAA
MAPS AND ROUTE FINDING
Terrain management or "poor line" selection as a factor for avalanche avoidance
John Sheffitz's avalanche quiz
Route selection
Route finding
BC - Canada Centric mapping
- Government of BC 1:20,000 geotagged TRIM (navigate to GNP and download what you need)
- National Resources Canada geospatial information
- Geogratis 1:50,000 maps
- Geogratis map images and data download directory (map imagery)
- Geospatial data extraction (topo information; terrain shading, elevation, aspect, etc)
- Magnetic declination calculator
- NAD 27 to NAD 83 calculation tool
- Map Tools
- BC Peaks KMZ - bcMtns peaks and other useful KMZs
- Google Earth (GE) browser
- Government of BC - All layers for watercourses
- Government of BC - Digital Road Atlas for roads
Last edited by LeeLau; 12-17-2017 at 03:26 PM.
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12-01-2007, 06:45 PM #9
bump for excellent info. seriously, nice job on this, I have referenced it several times
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07-04-2009, 09:26 AM #10
Bump for lots of great info and interesting photo journal.
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10-30-2009, 06:45 PM #11Registered User
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You don't see classes prescheduled in November because to teach a good class you need some snowpack to go study and that isn't always guaranteed in many parts of the state.
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12-05-2009, 12:50 AM #12
Holy crap! Thank you to everyone for all your time and effort. This is a HUGE resource for a newb to the bc like myself.
cheers
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01-21-2011, 02:41 PM #13
http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/training/online-course
unlike above posters I am not a spam bot,
edit - looks like a mod came through and cleaned out the spamLast edited by Socialist; 04-06-2011 at 01:30 PM.
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01-31-2011, 05:22 PM #14
Also not a spam bot, but I'll shamelessly add my website to the Maps and Routefinding Category:
www.SlopeAngleMaps.com
I make slope angle overlays for Google Earth, for any region you want.www.SlopeAngleMaps.com
Google Earth Overlays, Slope Angle Maps,
Affordable Geographical Data Solutions
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02-20-2011, 06:43 PM #15
Wow, how had I not seen this before. Great thread, loads of info. Time to get reading
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03-20-2011, 12:39 AM #16
Great post!
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08-19-2011, 02:44 PM #17
Well bump
for a good thread the turn either is here or aproaching in your mind
and for any lurking or posting jongs that are busy reading or posting other entertaining shizz"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
"I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno
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02-11-2012, 08:24 PM #18
Bump
Sat in with a AVI 1 today...I don't work and I don't save, desperate women pay my way.
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03-21-2012, 09:55 PM #19
Anyone have a link for a glossary of abbreviations used to relay pit results? I know some of them, but others leave me perplexed. If anyone knows of somewhere with a comprehensive list, that would be greatly appreciated!
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03-21-2012, 10:00 PM #20spook Guest
thanks for the bump!
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03-22-2012, 12:30 AM #21
Last edited by Pinner; 10-08-2020 at 01:01 AM.
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03-24-2012, 10:20 PM #22
Thanks a lot Pinner!
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07-04-2012, 07:01 AM #23
Bumpage.
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10-03-2012, 12:06 PM #24
Online avalanche review link doesn't work, soooo:
Jonathan S's avalanche quiz https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6QM...pli=1&hl=en_US
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12-27-2012, 12:35 PM #25
bump for a thread full of great info. The article on heuristic traps in group decision making is linked on page one, worth a read if you haven't.
And to add this thread on what to do if you are caught. Karl spoke of Theo's chart this spring, how when he showed it to a Swiss researcher who had deeply investigated what happens to objects in a slide, the researcher was amazed how accurate Theo's theories were.Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
Patterson Hood of the DBT's
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