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• - Westwide Avalanche Network is your one stop shop for current avalanche information around the world.
  
• - Mountain guiding company based in Wanaka, New Zealand. Mountaineering, ski touring and avalanche course details.
  
• - User ratings of avalanche transceivers submitted over the net.
  
• - Latest winter conditions and forecast
  
• - Some basic advice for winter backcountry users - don't leave your brain in the sock drawer!
  
• - USDA Forest Service avalanche information for Utah
  
• - Provides snow and avalanche information for Switzerland. Includes an overview of the institution's organization.
  
• - Reviews of snow equipment, including avalanche beacons and other equipment
  
• - Represents avalanche professionals working in Canada. Promotes scientific and technical knowledge, standards and communications and offers training to avalanche workers. Includes course description, current avalanche bulletins, accidents and statistics, a
  
• - Chauvin Guides International offers avalanche training courses for skiers and climbers.
  
• - Snow and avalanche observations for the Wasatch Mountains in Utah
  
• - Provides avalanche information and forecasts for the main climbing areas of Scotland.
  
• - Professional society of avalanche workers.
  
• - Provides a list of US avalanche centers and current reports, information on skiiers, snowboarders, and snowmobiler avalanche basics and statistics, and links.
  
• - Provides comprehensive global avalanche and snow information including conditions, educational information, and incident reports.
  
• - Operating on Teton Pass in conjunction with Rendezvous Ski Tours, and in Grand Teton National Park, offers private instruction in avalanche hazard evaluation and rescue.
  
• - Offers AIARE qualified avalanche safety courses throughout Colorado for skiers, snowmobiliers and snowboarders.
  
• - Mountaineering and mountain safety courses including: avalanche awareness, explosives for avalanche control, backcountry ski and snowboarding courses.
  
• - Listing of avalanche classes available in Utah, kept current by the author.
  
• - A regularly updated forecast of the potential avalanche hazard in the US Central Sierra, from Yuba Pass south to Sonora Pass.
  
• - As part of the Italian Alpine Club, the service promotes avalanche accident prevention and is active in avalanche training and instruction. Includes history of the service and information about its organization.
  
• - Snow avalanche forecasting and education center for the State of Colorado.
  
• - Reviews of current avalanche books by Faerthen Felix, professional avalanche forecaster