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Avalanche safety mostly depends on skills but avalanche safety equipment is also essential:
Avalanche Beacon
Snow Shovel
Probe
Survival Blanket
First Aid Kit

 

Avalanche bulletins, forecasts, advisories

The following list of websites will give you a fast access to avalanche bulletins in your area. Since there are big snow storms going on in Canada and US Northwest we especially encourage travelers to these regions to be really careful. Recently there were snow storms in some parts of Europe as well.

Remember to always include alternatives in your plans, follow the avalanche forecast prior to your trip and then double-check the conditions with the local centres or information centres.

WORLD

Bulletins from around the World - http://www.csac.org/Bulletins/

CANADA

Avalanche bulletin from CAC - http://avalanche.ca/default.aspx?DN=5,4,3,Documents

USA

Avalanche Centers in USA (and elsewhere) - http://www.avalanche.org

Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center - http://www.nwac.us

American Avalanche Association - http://www.americanavalancheassociation.org

The Snow and Avalanche Center - http://www.csac.org

EUROPE

Switzerland - http://www.slf.ch

France - http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/montagne/index.jsp

Germany - http://www.lawinenwarndienst-bayern.de

Avalanche info in German - http://www.lawine.org/typo7/index.php

 

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