AMGA Partner Backcountry Access (BCA) has just released a new, five-part series of free educational videos about snow safety and avalanche awareness. The five webisodes, collectively titled “BCA Backcountry Basics: Get the Goods without Getting Buried,” are designed to get new backcountry riders stoked on snow safety—as well as enrolled in avalanche courses. The videos can be accessed […]

Editors note: This article was originally printed in the Canadian Avalanche Journal and the The Avalanche Review. It is being reprinted with permission from Angela Hawse. By Angela Hawse, IFMGA/AMGA Mountain Guide Like winter, education is something I can’t get enough of.  It’s that obsessive, insatiable curiosity you’re familiar with.  Working as a full-time guide, […]