Safety in the snow!

[Grannyhiker]

The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center has resumed its forecasts:
http://www.nwac.us/

Please check the avalanche forecast for the appropriate area before going on any snow outings. We don't want to lose any Portland Hikers!

There is lots of general info about avalanche safety on their site, too. Links to videos and tutorials are here: http://www.nwac.us/education/tutorials/

[Roy]

The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center has resumed its forecasts:
http://www.nwac.us/

Please check the avalanche forecast for the appropriate area before going on any snow outings. We don't want to lose any Portland Hikers!

There is lots of general info about avalanche safety on their site, too. Links to videos and tutorials are here: http://www.nwac.us/education/tutorials/

Great advice if your not a weather nerd like me and watch freezing levels and snow fall all winter like me. But I am still alive

So far.

[Koda]

great Advice Grannyhiker, the NWAC should be a planning resource for any hike involving snow.

I will share a link to an avi forcase project that displays the danger on a map you can pan around for your area. At first I hesitate due to a little controversy using this tool, but information is information and each persons responsibility to utilize it correctly. The issue here is you can pan and zoom in detail to an exact location on the map you might be planning to hike to.... but the forecast displayed for any area on the map is regional, not specific.
It's very important for users to understand that even though these maps display the hazards for specific points on the map, the forecasts themselves are regional in nature.

http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/spatial/maps/nwac/