Eastern Snow and Avalanche Workshop
October 19, 2019
WHERE
Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg, Maine
Schedule
Registration 7:30-8:15am
8:15 – 8:30 Welcome, Introduction, Housekeeping, Ski Patrol and Knieriem Scholarship
Frank Carus, Director, USFS Mount Washington Avalanche Center; Rob Strauten, Director, Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patrol
Morning Session 1
8:30 – 8:55
Snow Metamorphism and Structure
Sam Colbeck, CREL Emeritus researcher
8:55 – 9:10
The Northeastern Rainy Continental Snow Climate
Francis Meloche; Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie, Univ. du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
9:10 – 9:25
The Dangerator – An Avalanche Hazard Assessment Tool
Julie Leblanc – Forecaster, Avalanche Quebec
9:30 – 10:00
The Next Step in the Evolution of Avalanche Forecasting on Mount Washington
Frank Carus, Director, USFS Mount Washington Avalanche Center
10:00 – 10:10
Friends of Tuckerman Ravine – Update
Jake Risch, President, Friends of Tuckerman Ravine
10:10 – 10:20
Break & Raffle
Morning Session 2
10:20 – 10:35
Snow Data Collection Alternatives
Elizabeth Jurkowski, Master’s Candidate, Plymouth State University
10:35 – 11:05
Season Summary, Incidents on Mount Washington 2017/18
Ryan Matz, Mount Washington Avalanche Center, Avalanche Specialist
11:05 – 11:20
The Life and Times of Al Risch
Naomi Risch
11:20 – 11:50
History of Avalanche Science
Brian Lazar, Deputy Director, Colorado Avalanche Information Center
11:50 – 1:05 Lunch
1:05 – 1:15 Raffle
Afternoon Session 1
1:15 – 1:30
White Mountain Avalanche Education Fund – Update
Bethann Swartz, White Mountain Avalanche Education Fund Board Member
1:30 – 1:45
Chic-Chocs Season Summary and Update
Julie Leblanc – Forecaster, Avalanche Quebec
1:45 – 2:35
Panel Discussion: Climate Change & Avalanches, Danger Rating Effectiveness, Backcountry Ethics
Moderator—Frank Carus, Mount Washington Avalanche Center
Participants— Brian Lazar, Ryan Matz, Elizabeth Burakowski, Sam Colbeck, Julie Leblanc
2:35– 2:45
Break & Raffle
Afternoon Session 2
2:45 – 3:20
Avalanche Problems: Development, Use, and Challenges
Brian Lazar, Deputy Director, CAIC
3:20 – 3:50
Probability and Consequence
Ryan Matz, Avalanche Specialist, USFS Mount Washington Avalanche Center
3:50 – 4:30
Regional Winter Climate Change Impacts and Citizen Science Snow Observations
Dr. Elizabeth Burakowski, Research Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Research Center & Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
4:30 – 6:00
Final Raffle and Social hour
Note: This schedule is subject to change.
White Mountain Avalanche Education Foundation
ESAW is a non-profit venture of the White Mountain Avalanche Education Foundation.
A portion of ESAW ticket sales goes to bringing snow science into to local middle school classrooms as well as supporting awareness classes designed to give middle school and high school teens time in the field and a foundation to start their avalanche education.
WMAEF Funds recipient Molly Ockett School implemented a Snow Science Curriculum that was created by Claes Thelemarck in collaboration with 5th grade teachers at Molly Ockett and WMAEF
WMAEF Scholarship recipients in Youth Avalanche Clinic, February 2018
Photos by Cait Bourgault Photography
ESAW is presented by
