Get ready for the 2016-17 Snow Season!
Register for Avalanche Intro & Refresher Workshops at the Eagle River Nature Center: Sunday, November 6, 2016: 9am-1pm Friday, December 30, 2016: 10am-2pm Anchorage Avalanche Center mission:...
View ArticleEnd of 2016-17 Season
The Anchorage Avalanche Center has concluded its fifth season of providing a grassroots, volunteer organized snow-season backcountry safety program for Chugach State Park. Check the last advisory with...
View ArticleWelcome to the 2017-18 snow season!
Advisories and observations are being posted intermittently, as warranted by conditions, due to the thin snowpack that has not been conducive to backcountry travel by ski. Make sure to follow our...
View ArticleThe 2018-19 snow season is coming soon!
This project began as the Anchorage Avalanche Center in 2012, but is undergoing revision. We’ve been providing a grassroots, volunteer-based snow season backcountry safety program for the Western...
View ArticleThe 2019-2020 Season
The Anchorage Avalanche Center will not provide winter backcountry safety, snow, and avalanche information for the Western Chugach Mountains of Chugach State Park this season. The Chugach National...
View ArticleFebruary-April 2020
The Anchorage Avalanche Center will again provide avalanche advisories (as warranted by conditions) and professional quality observations (as time permits the completely pro bono staff) for Chugach...
View ArticleEnd of 2019-20 Season
We have concluded our eighth season of providing an entirely pro bono and grassroots backcountry snow safety program for Chugach State Park. The final advisory of the season (a general late...
View ArticleWelcome to the 2020-21 Snow Season!
We will begin regular forecasting (weekend avalanche outlooks and danger updates as warranted by conditions) for the Western Chugach Mountains as soon as there is enough snow for reasonable backcountry...
View ArticleThe 2020-21 Snow Season
As a volunteer, grassroots, and pro bono effort; the Anchorage Avalanche Center has been exploring the most efficient and effective ways to provide avalanche information for the greater Anchorage area...
View ArticleSetting a Precedent for the Unprecedented
American Avalanche Association recognized provider for Recreation Track Level 1 & Avalanche Rescue & Level 2 courses through the Chugach Mountain Institute. We also offer guided backcountry...
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