Course Materials

Avalanche Danger Scale levels communicate the probability and spatial distribution of naturally and human triggered avalanches.

Avalanche Canada forecasts for 3 elevation bands, Alpine, Treeline and Below Treeline. Most Avalanche Bulletins offer hazard ratings for 3 days.

Avalanche Canada Trip Planner map displays ATES terrain. Zoom in to view specific riding areas to identify potential avalanche hazard.

Avalanche Canada Trip Planner map legend and ATES download info can be found on the left toolbar. ATES ratings can be viewed as a layer in […]

Avalanche Canada Trip Planner includes Decision Points and areas of Caution. Click on the Caution signs to view the supplementary info.

Avalanche Canada shares advice at Decision Points on the ATES maps. Click on the yellow Caution Sign icon to open Avalanche Canada’s recommendations.

Mountainous areas of Canada have avalanche exposure maps. Some recreation areas are easy to travel through but have complex exposure to avalanches.

Avalanche Canada has mapped popular recreation area using the ATES (Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale). Download this ATES data to Google Earth.

Google Earth loads new .kml files under the Temporary Places folder and displays the route and placemarks on the map. If you want to save this […]