The USFS Mount Washington Avalanche Center has issued its final avalanche and mountain safety forecast for the 2019/20 season. At this time, the need to reduce exposure of workers and forest visitors to the novel coronavirus outweighs the value of providing avalanche safety information to backcountry travelers. The decision to stop forecasts was made in […]
00Frank Carushttps://mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/mwaclogo3-1.pngFrank Carus2020-04-02 12:59:262020-04-02 12:59:26Access Prohibitions on Mount Washington
Thank you for your support through this season that ended much differently than normal. We had a successful season from a safety standpoint with only a handful of incidents and accidents despite quite a few human triggered avalanches. The community stoke was high though the snowpack and weather did not supply the goods as often […]
00Frank Carushttps://mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/mwaclogo3-1.pngFrank Carus2020-03-31 21:00:112020-03-31 21:00:11End of the season and closures
This week’s topics – AMC Closures and Forest access, Snowpack Summary, Weekend Forecast, Resources for checking conditions, Using a 50-cal for avy control. Follow Mike: www.instagram.com/avalanchegeeks Follow MWAC: www.instagram.com/mwacenter
If you’d like to hear a conversation with Lead Forecaster Frank Carus, go to the latest MWAC Outreach interview with Andrew Drummond on Soundcloud or click on the embedded image above. They discuss the long sliding fall incident on Monday, strategies to deal with hard, steep snow, communication and first response strategies, the upcoming weather for […]
Access Prohibitions on Mount Washington
/in Important News, News /by Frank CarusThe USFS Mount Washington Avalanche Center has issued its final avalanche and mountain safety forecast for the 2019/20 season. At this time, the need to reduce exposure of workers and forest visitors to the novel coronavirus outweighs the value of providing avalanche safety information to backcountry travelers. The decision to stop forecasts was made in […]
End of the season and closures
/in Important News, News /by Frank CarusThank you for your support through this season that ended much differently than normal. We had a successful season from a safety standpoint with only a handful of incidents and accidents despite quite a few human triggered avalanches. The community stoke was high though the snowpack and weather did not supply the goods as often […]
MWAC Outreach Podcast
/in News /by Jeffrey FongemieMWAC Outreach Podcast
/in Interviews & Articles, News /by Frank CarusThis week’s topics – AMC Closures and Forest access, Snowpack Summary, Weekend Forecast, Resources for checking conditions, Using a 50-cal for avy control. Follow Mike: www.instagram.com/avalanchegeeks Follow MWAC: www.instagram.com/mwacenter
MWAC Outreach Podcast
/in News /by Frank CarusIf you’d like to hear a conversation with Lead Forecaster Frank Carus, go to the latest MWAC Outreach interview with Andrew Drummond on Soundcloud or click on the embedded image above. They discuss the long sliding fall incident on Monday, strategies to deal with hard, steep snow, communication and first response strategies, the upcoming weather for […]
MWAC Outreach Podcast
/in News /by Jeffrey Fongemie