| The Importance of Avalanche Education |
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The Sierra Avalanche Center feels very strongly about the importance of avalanche education to the snow user community. Please refer to this page to obtain information about avalanche courses, other educational seminars, and other FREE resources in the community available to you! Click here for information regarding avalanche course providers |
| Upcoming Events | |
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| 1st and 15th each month |
FREE Avalance Beacon Clinics Squaw Valley Ski Patrol Office |
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The Squaw Valley Ski Patrol hosts
avalanche
beacon/transceiver classes from 5:30-7:30pm. Classes are free and they
will provide a beacon if you don't have one. Please call 530 581-7260
to register.
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| Educational Links | |
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| Avalanche.org |
A fantastic resource to obtain nationwide avalanche information |
| American Avalanche Association | A very dedicated group of the nation's top avalanche professionals committed to maintaining the highest standards of avalanche education. |
| SWAGS | THE amazing reference that standardizes all snow and avalanche realted observations in the United States. Please strongly consider supporting the AAA by purchasing a hard copy! |
| Glossary of avalanche related terms (technical) | A great learning resource. |
| Glossary of avalanche related terms (non-technical) | Another awesome learning resource for those less experienced. Some fantastic work was done here, check it out! |
| Degrees F/C conversion table | A handy little reference in .pdf format. |
| NWS zone forecast for Lake Tahoe | THE weather forecast resource for a main hub of the advisory area. |
| Google Earth overlay of the SAC forecast area | An overlay comaptible with your Google Earth application. This is a very cool item, thanks to our friends at the Northwest Avalanche Center! |
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The
Sierra Avalanche Center is a 501.3c not-for-profit organization working
in partnership with the Tahoe National Forest to provide avalanche
advisories. The vast majority of our funding comes from private
donations and our fund raising events. Our continued operation is
dependent on this fundraising. If you use this service with any
regularity, please consider making a tax deductible donation to the
Sierra Avalanche Center. Just click the button to donate via Paypal. It
is fast, safe and secure! Thank you!
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