From the archives
Over the years, CCBC has hosted forums for the backcountry community to discuss the crucial topic of avalanche awareness. On December 4th 2013, 20 or so backcountry ski and snowboard enthusiasts gathered to hear local avalanche forecaster Blase Reardon speak on managing persistent weak layers. This is a very relevant issue for Colorado and other continental snowpack zones. The night began with a very focused presentation from Blase and then morphed into questions and discussions about our current snow season and decision making for what can be a very dangerous sport.
For those of you that want to read what a pro like Blase has to say, check out his powerpoint. The following are my synthesis on a few other points that are not directly addressed in the slides.
Blase was an exceptional speaker and I found his presentation invaluable. He will be back the first Wednesday of February, but anyone traveling in the backcountry should check out our forums every month.
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