Nov 7 Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop

The 2009 Utah Snow & Avalanche Workshop (USAW)

Saturday afternoon, November 7

Coming off the heels of last year's well attended event, USAW is the venue where Utah’s snow and avalanche community can share local knowledge and history. This visionary professional development seminar taps into the vast amount of avalanche knowledge we have here in the state among our own local avalanche community. You’ll hear about historic avalanche events and new innovations from avalanche forecasters, ski patrollers, snow scientists, UDOT avalanche professionals, search & rescue personnel, mountain guides, ski industry manufacturers, backcountry skiers & snowboarders, snowmobilers, avalanche scholars and more. This event if being put on by the Utah Avalanche Center and the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center.

Where?

The Depot, located at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Why should I attend USAW 2009?

This is an opportunity to preserve the amazing amount of expertise we have in our avalanche community. Experts’ sharing their experience is a great way for snow professionals to learn and the master-apprentice relationship has worked this way for decades. Inspired by the International Snow Science Workshop, the format will be presentations lasting 15 minutes with a 5 minute Q and A.

Agenda:

13:00-13:05 Welcome/Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center

13:05-13:20 Larry Dunn- New Snow Web Pages from the National Weather Service

13:25-13:40 UDOT- Avalanche Control Measures: Present and Future

13:45- 14:00 Dean Cardinale- Rescue Techniques, Wasatch Backcountry Rescue and Long Range Receiver

14:05-14:20 Mike Jenkins- Iron Man- the Steel Crash Test Dummy- Measures Forces in an Avalanche

14:25-14:40 Bruce Tremper and Tom Diegel- A close call on Little Water Peak

14:45-15:00 Ian McCammon- Critical slope angles for avalanche: A user’s guide

15:00-16:30 Social at the Blue Goose Bar in The Depot- Sponsored by High Angle Construction and Utah Food Services


Cost: $22.50 plus a $2.50 service charge. You can buy tickets online

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What percent of the ticket price is going to the Utah Avalanche Center ?

We are within a few hundred $ of having enough business sponsors to cover the costs and hope to have all the direct costs covered. After that, all the proceeds go to the avalanche center.

Hope to see you there.

What does it take to be a business sponsor?

Went last year and will go again this year. Information/presentations were top notch.

I saw the Iron Man show with Mike Jenkins show on Discovery or maybe it was NatGeo, Mike is an awesome guy, with alot of knowledge, he does alot with our S&R team.

SnowBigDeal said:

What does it take to be a business sponsor?

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I have sent your question on to Craig Gordon as he is lining up the sponsors. It would be GREAT to get you on board. Send us a message at friends at utahavalanchecenter dot org if you don't hear from Craig in the next few days.

FUAC said:

I have sent your question on to Craig Gordon as he is lining up the sponsors. It would be GREAT to get you on board. Send us a message at friends at utahavalanchecenter dot org if you don't hear from Craig in the next few days.

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We got in touch with Craig and will be helping to sponsor this event. Hope to see several 4M members there!

I hope i can make this event, and im dragging a couple buddies with me

SnowBigDeal - Can i bring my ABS15 pac a ask a couple questions? Can someone sell me another bottle so i can give its annual test?

And, i find it hard to wear the red straps that secure the pac to your lower body, yes i know this extra harness will only make the pac work better, but man it feels strange. Any other way i can secure this pac to my lower body?

thx

hatchers - We'd be more than happy to answer some questions about your ABS pack. Bring it with you and we can do a quick inspection of the pack for you too. We can sell you a canister; however, there may be some beneficial changes coming in regard to ABS canisters. So you may want to wait just a little longer before performing the test.

I also agree with you, the leg straps are not the most comfortable. We can take a look when you are there.

Here's the final agenda for Saturday's Workshop-

2009 Utah Snow & Avalanche Workshop
Start: 11/07/2009 - 1:00pm
End: 11/07/2009 - 4:30pm
Location:
The Depot, located at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center Present
The 2nd Annual 2009 Utah Snow & Avalanche Workshop (USAW)
on the afternoon of November 7, 2009

BUY TICKETS HERE-
http://www.24tix.com/event.html?show_id=T38425287738422522938423

Wise decisions come from experience. Experience comes from poor decisions. Join us in sharing experiences.
Inspired by the International Snow Safety Workshop (ISSW), USAW brings Utah’s snow and avalanche community together to share local knowledge and history and learn about emerging practices. This professional development seminar taps into the vast avalanche knowledge we have in our own local avalanche community. You’ll hear about historic avalanche events and new innovations from avalanche forecasters, ski patrollers, snow scientists, UDOT avalanche professionals, search & rescue personnel, mountain guides, ski industry manufacturers, backcountry skiers & snowboarders, snowmobilers, avalanche scholars, and more.

Where?
The Depot, located at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Why should I attend USAW 2009?
Our local avalanche community is among the most knowledgeable in the world and this is an opportunity to tap into it. Experts’ sharing their experience is a great way for snow experts and want-to-be experts to learn and the master-apprentice relationship has worked this way for decades. The format will consist of 15 minute presentations followed by a 5 minute Q and A.




Agenda:

13:00-13:05 Welcome/Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center

13:05-13:20 Larry Dunn- New Snow Web Pages from the National Weather Service
The National Weather Service has made changes to the Cottonwood and Provo Canyon forecasts that are made in support of the Snow Safety and Avalanche Community. Changes have also been made to the NWS public web page of mountain and snow observations. These changes will be discussed and examples of the new format will be unveiled.


13:25-13:40 Bill Nalli and Matt McKee- The Other Canyons: Big Cottonwood and Provo Avalanche Anatomy and Control Procedures.
UDOT forecasters discuss slide paths and historic avalanche events in Big Cottonwood and Provo Canyons. In addition, this presentation focuses on control measures and how it affects both the public and dawn patrolling parties.


13:45- 14:00 Dean Cardinale- Avalanche Rescue Techniques: Partner Rescue Plan
Having a rescue plan is a critical component in saving an avalanche victim. Professionals spend countless hours training for avalanche rescue. A personal rescue plan could help save your life or that of a close friend in the unfortunate occurrence of an avalanche accident. This talk discusses the techniques necessary to perform a hasty partner search and rescue.

14:05-14:20 Toby Weed- Christmas Eve Logan Peak Avalanche Accident
This detailed review of a tragic accident focuses on the key players- weather, snowpack and terrain.

14:25-14:40 Bruce Tremper and Tom Diegel- A close call on Little Water Peak
An account of the avalanche incident that took place during the notorious holiday 08/09 cycle in the Little Water area of the Central Wasatch. A series of decisions led three people to cross a relatively innocuous-looking slope that turned out to be not so harmless after all. The slope avalanched as the third person crossed it, burying him in a tree-well. Though a deep burial, the small size of the slide and quick work enabled a successful live retrieval.

14:45-15:00 Ian McCammon- Critical slope angles for avalanche: A user’s guide
Avalanche courses teach us that avalanches are most frequent on slopes around 38 degrees in steepness. But does that rule apply to all avalanche types? This presentation will examine the 38 degree rule, when to apply it, and when it can get you into trouble.

15:00-16:30 Social in the Blue Goose Bar at The Depot- Sponsored by High Angle Construction, Utah Food Services and the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center (Must be 21 to attend)


Cost:
$25.00 BUY TICKETS HERE-
http://www.24tix.com/event.html?show_id=T38425287738422522938423

Proceeds from the event will go the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center to support 2009-2010 avalanche forecasting in Utah

I'll be hosting the event and hope to see y'all there!
Cheers,
Craig

Thanks for an awesome event guys! We are incredibly lucking to have the UAC covering our backs. I can't believe the amount of time and effort these guys put into their work, they are a tremendous asset to the Utah winter sports community.