FOUR CORNERS SNOW AND AVALANCHE WORKSHOP 2021
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SILVERTON CO, OCTOBER 9, 2021
$50 per person
The mighty peaks, lofty summits, backcountry bowls and high basins of the Southern Rocky Mountains, annually replenished by the snows and slides of winter, are the water towers from which all life flows. 4SAW 2021 will encourage participants to share, explore and reflect upon the critical role our local mountains play in shaping the health and future of alpine environments and watersheds in the Southwestern US.
Silverton Avalanche School invites you to the Four Corners Snow and Avalanche Workshop on October 9th, 2021. 4SAW is a continuing education and networking opportunity for avalanche practitioners, mountain professionals and backcountry recreationists in the Southern Rocky Mountains & Southwest United States. Held in partnership with the American Avalanche Association, 4SAW includes a full weekend of speakers, workshops, clinics & activities celebrating snow, avalanches, rescue & winter recreation.
Dinner, beverages, and SWAG included in the ticket price!
SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS FOR 4SAW
Dr. Jerry Johnson (Montana State University Snow and Avalanche Lab), “Unpacking the Human Factor”
Dr. McKenzie Skiles (University of Utah Geography, Snow Hydro Lab), "Digging up the dirt: How dust deposition impacts our changing mountain snowpack"
Laura McGladrey (Responder Alliance, "Stress and Avalanche; Incremental and Rapid Loading"
Kenneth Wylie (Thompson Rivers University, author of Buried), "Recognizing the Innocuous Steps to Catastrophe. Breaking down the unthinkable tragedy of La Traviata"
Roz Reynolds (Wyssen Avalanche Control ), "New Developments on avalanche mitigation installations for Lizard Head Pass, SW Colorado."
Drew Hardesty (Utah Avalanche Center, "On the Nature of Forecasting (and Why We Get it Wrong)"
Mark Miller (meteorologist, US National Weather Service Grand Junction Colorado), “2021-2022 Winter Weather Outlook”
Travis Laverty (La Plata County Search and Rescue ), "A season of uncertainty: an exploration of two tragic cases in the San Juans" La Plata County Search and Rescue
Dr. Jeff Deems, Snowpack from above, remote sensing the snowpack (Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc.)
with Dr. Rory Cowie (Alpine Water Resources) as Conference Convener and Michael Ackerman (SAS) as MC
Sponsors: American Avalanche Association Mammut Pine Needle Mountaineering Wyssen Avalanche Control #4saw
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