Last Friday concluded the ISSW2023, or the International Snow Science Workshop. We published a piece on ATES v.2, which was presented at ISSW as a new template for the well-established ATES, also known as the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale. In short, the ATES scale describes one’s exposure to a potential avalanche. The initial version…
ATES and Trip Planning—an Intro
A semi-zoomed out view of the Whistler-Blackcomb region overlaid with ATES descriptions. This excellent trip planner is available on Avalanche Canada's site.
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Boris Langenstein on the first ski descent of India’s Meru Central. Photo: Tiphaine Duperier
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Ryan Griffiths, somewhere cold. Photo: Aidan Whitelaw
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