For snow sports outside of the resorts. This community includes back country skiing, snowboarding, telemarking and more. Posting Guidelines Anyone can comment or post regardless of their experience with snow sports in general. We welcome all those who want to ask questions or share their adventures. Safety Always know your limits when going into the back country. If you are just getting started, in-person avalanche training [https://avalanche.org/avalanche-courses/] is essential. Remember that anyone can post to this community regardless of experience so do your own research. Books Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain by Bruce Tremper Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering by Martin Volken, Scott Schell, and Margaret Wheeler AUTONOMY MASTERY AND PURPOSE in the Avalanche Patch, Bruce Kay Mountaineering the Freedom Of the Hills Avalanche Forcasting Centers Colorado Avalanche Information Center [http://avalanche.state.co.us/index.php] Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center [http://www.nwac.us/] Sierra Avalanche Center [http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/] Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center [http://esavalanche.org/] Mount Shasta Avalanche Center [http://www.shastaavalanche.org/] Alaska: Chugach Avalanche Center [http://cnfaic.org/] Canada [http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/latest] Montana [http://www.mtavalanche.com/] Sawtooth (Idaho) [http://www.sawtoothavalanche.com/] General Avalanche Information US Forest Service Avalanche Center [http://www.fsavalanche.org/] US Avalanche Center [http://www.avalanche.org/] Canadian Avalanche Center [http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/] Trip Planning and Mapping USDA NRCS - for finding where the snow has accumulated [https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/wcc/home/quicklinks/imap#version=167&elements=&networks=!&states=!&counties=!&hucs=&minElevation=&maxElevation=&elementSelectType=any&activeOnly=true&activeForecastPointsOnly=false&hucLabels=false&hucIdLabels=false&hucParameterLabels=true&stationLabels=&overlays=&hucOverlays=2&basinOpacity=75&basinNoDataOpacity=25&basemapOpacity=100&maskOpacity=0&mode=data&openSections=dataElement,parameter,date,basin,options,elements,location,networks&controlsOpen=true&popup=&popupMulti=&popupBasin=&base=esriNgwm&displayType=station&basinType=6&dataElement=WTEQ&depth=-8¶meter=PCTMED&frequency=DAILY&duration=I&customDuration=&dayPart=E&year=2023&month=6&day=16&monthPart=E&forecastPubMonth=6&forecastPubDay=1&forecastExceedance=50&useMixedPast=true&seqColor=1&divColor=7&scaleType=D&scaleMin=&scaleMax=&referencePeriodType=POR&referenceBegin=1991&referenceEnd=2020&minimumYears=20&hucAssociations=true&lat=36.536&lon=-110.940&zoom=6.0] Hillmap [http://www.hillmap.com/] Cal Topo [https://caltopo.com/] GaiaGPS (non-free) [https://www.gaiagps.com] Google Earth Pro (free) [https://www.google.com/earth/versions/#earth-pro] Acknowledgement A thank you to /u/pragmaticminimalist and the /r/backcountry community on Reddit for supporting a great community for over 12 years. Many of the links in this side bar come from /r/backcountry as they are good resources. Moderators If you are interested in helping to moderate this community, please contact @FearTheCron@lemmy.world [https://lemmy.world/u/FearTheCron]. We prefer moderators who have formal avalanche training (E.g. AIARE level 1 or equivalent) and a few years of back country skiing experience, but lets see how this goes.