Citations for avalanche content

Some useful avalanche links:

Canadian Avalanche Glossary Provides detailed explanations of avalanche jargon and much more...

International Mountain Weather and Avalanche Forecasts / Advisories

SunRockIce The download section of New Zealand guide, Bill Atkinson's site. It conatins a wealth of downloadable resources and further reading.

A selection of associations that offer Avalanche courses:

Avalanche citations

Barton, B. and Diggins, M. 2001. European Avalanche School: Avalanche Manual. 2nd ed.

Bruser, O. 1993. Swiss Federal Institute for the Study of Snow and Avalanche, Davos. Quoted in Barton, B. and Diggins, M. 2001, European Avalanche School: Avalanche Manual. 2nd ed. Section 6.

Fredston, J. 2005. Snowstruck - In the Grip of Avalanches. Harcourt Inc.: Florida.

Level 2 Avalanche Course 2000. American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education.

Tremper, B. Friends of Utah Avalanche Center http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/ed-faq.htm (accessed April, 2007).

Magono, C. and Lee, C. 1966. Meterological classification of natural snow crystals. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Series 7 (Geophysics), 2(4):321-355.

McClung, D and Schaerer, P. 2006. The Avalanche Handbook 3rd ed. Seattle: The Mountaineers.

Secondary quotations at the top of most text boxes have been sourced largely from: (Fredston 2005) and (McClung and Schaerer 2006).

Image References

With the following exceptions all images have been photographed and developed by Lisa Auer, 2007.

AIARE, 2000.Dendrite crystals, Magnified crystals and Surface hoar crystals [Images], American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education.

Diagrams adapted for this website are based on:

AIARE, 2000.Anatomy of an avalanche [diagram], American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education.

Frankenfield, J. 2007, Canadian Avalanche Danger Scale [diagram], http://www.avalanche-center.org/Education/danger/danger-ca-s.pdf

McClung, D and Schaerer, P. 1994. Avalanche hazard triangle [diagram], The Avalanche Handbook, 2nd ed. Seattle: The Mountaineers.