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The Avalanche Rescue Dogs of Silver Mountain 

Cover photo courtesy Erica Aamodt By Amy McCaffree  Furry, four-legged Silver Mountain ski patrol members always arrive for duty excited for the day ahead. Loki and Roger, Silver’s first two certified avalanche rescue dogs, work a set schedule on the mountain, along with their patrol handlers. With days off for mental and physical rest, Loki’s […]

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“The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him” By Eric Blehm 

By T. Ghezzi (Nonfiction, 2024)  “The Darkest White” is written by New York Times bestselling author Eric Blehm. The book is an in-depth, well-researched, and unbiased story of the legendary Pacific Northwest snowboarder Craig Kelly’s extraordinary life and his premature death. Devastating and controversial, on January 20, 2003, the Durran Glacier avalanche in the northern

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Budget Decrease to Impact Avalanche Forecasts

Cover photo courtesy Bea Lackaff The US Forest Service is facing a budget-limited future in the upcoming year now that supplemental funding provided via the Inflation Reeducation Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is ending. The result is a hiring freeze in effect for all seasonal employees within the Forest Service for fiscal year 2025, which

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Avalanche Danger in the Inland Northwest

Avalanches are unique among natural disasters; as Jeff Thompson, director of Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center (IPAC), puts it, people are the ones that create an avalanche 90 percent of the time. While in-bounds downhill skiing and snowboarding on steeper runs can on very rare occasion include avalanche risk depending on current snowpack layers, backcountry touring

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Selkirk Powder Guides Offer Avalanche Education

Sandpoint, Idaho In an effort to increase opportunities for backcountry skiers and riders to undertake state of the art backcountry travel learning opportunities in the American Selkirks, Selkirk Powder Guides (SPG) has joined the national team of the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) providers for the 20/21 season. Established in 2003, and

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Avalanche Awareness workshop with Northwest Avalanche Center

The NWAC Avalanche Awareness Workshop target is for the winter backcountry traveler. Whether you ski, snowshoe, snowboard or snowmobile in the backcountry, recognition of avalanche danger is an essential and potentially lifesaving skill. This session introduces and explains where and why avalanches occur and provides a basic approach to managing risk in the backcountry. Learn

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