Here's where you'll find links to other avalanche course providers as well as weather and forecast information for the Yukon and northwestern BC. Jump to AST 1 Links
Avalanche Forecasts and Info
- Avalanche Canada Mountain Information Network(MIN). Access forecasts and share your field observations
- Haines Avalanche Information CenterForecasts and observations from Haines and portions of BC along the Haines Highway
Yukon Avalanche Course Providers
If our dates don't work for you or if you'd like to know who else it out there, check out the following links of Yukon-based course providers (in no particular order).
- Skookum Backcountry Adventures
- Poirier Avalanche Safety (took winter 2020-21 off!)
- Avalanche North (email)
- Snowshoot Productions
- The Sharp End
Avalanche Canada also offers searchable pages for Courses and Course Providers across Canada.
Weather Forecasts and Observations
Keen on seeing what else is out there for weather and forecast information?
- Yukon Avalanche Association Weather: Stations in the vicinity of the White Pass
- Carcross townsite:Courtesy Yukon Wind Sports Association
- Avalanche Canada Mountain Weather Forecast: Now running year-round. Produced by Environment Canada
- Yukon Fire Weather Links: A collection of weather and forecast links maintained by Yukon Wildland Fire Management
- Yukon Fire Weather Stations: No easy map-based display, but contains up-to-date data for many weather stations across the Yukon.
AST 1 Links
Links here were previously emailed out as a pdf. Feel free to contact us if you have suggestions or notice any dead links: info [at@] northwindwx.com
Avalanche Bulletins
We also recommend the Avalanche Canada app: Search "Avalanche Canada" on Google Play or the Apple Store
- Avalanche Canada: All forecasts for Canada
- MIN: The Mountain Information Network primer.
- Haines Avalanche Center: During non-Covid times, covers Haines Pass as well
Weather - Things that are actually happening
- Yukon Avalanche Association weather stations in White Pass and Haines Pass
- Nav Canada webcams
- 511 Yukon: webcams and road weather stations
- Mesowest Weather stations throughout North America
- Env't Canada Current Conditions
- Satellite - Western Canada Infrared
- ARFI - Collection of weather station and webcam links, mostly for BC
Weather Forecasts - Things that might happen
Lots of these sites have pretty graphics. They're still forecasts, mostly with no human oversight, and may or may not reflect reality. Some do include current conditions at nearby weather stations, but are often a little shady about giving the impression that current conditions are being displayed when in fact it's model forecast data.
- The Environment Canada app for current conditions, forecasts and weather warnings. "Environment Canada" on Google Play or the Apple Store
- AvCan Mountain Weather Forecast
- South Klondike and Haines Road Forecast
- Windy.com: Pretty visuals and choice of models. CAUTION: Temperatures shown on the map are forecasts, not actual weather
- Meteoblue: Searchable weather forecasts for many locations
- SpotWx: Meteograms, including Canadian models and public forecasts
- Avalanche Canada Meteograms: Lots of meteograms
Terrain and Trip Planning
- The Fatmap app is one of our favorites. Lots of high res imagery that's often better than Google Earth
- YAA ATES: Ratings for White Pass, Wheaton Valley and Haines Pass
- YAA Terrain Atlas: Lots of pics from all around White Pass and Wheaton Valley
- AvCan Trip Planner: Combines the danger and ATES ratings. As of 2021 the Yukon ATES ratings aren't included, so it only works for BC and AB.
- The Dangerator: A tool for spots that don't have an avalanche forecast
- 511 Yukon (desktop)
- Terrain Exercise:Test your skill at finding the safest route through avalanche terrain.
Other Snow and Avalanche Resources
- The Avalanche Handbook
- BCA terrain and rescue tutorials
- Article on transceiver interference.
- The 3-circle method for searching multiple burials
- Avy Savvy: Avalanche Canada tutorial (a good refresher).
- SFU Avalanche Research Group(Pascal Haegeli)
- ASARC: University of Calgary Avalanche Research Group (Bruce Jamieson)
- Bruce Jamieson's Vimeo Page: Many topics related to snow science and risk.
- Beaconreviews.com: Reviews for pretty much every beacon ever made, and lots of transceiver-related info.
- Risk homeostasis and backcountry users