Save $50 AvyClass- Calg, Red Deer, Edm, G.P., Peace River, Dawson Crk, Valemt, Fernie

[zacs]

Great posts in this Forum. Awesome to see so many riders sharing and discussing avy related pics and info!

Another website for Canadians to check out is the CAA Discussion Forums.

Threads are organized by bulletin regions. Forecasters and backcountry users are all posting. Any current observations will be reviewed to support the Bulletins.

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Last few classes of the Zac's Tracs Avalanche Training season.

Psst...pass it along, $50 Discount for Snowest members to complete the AST1 Class and Field session.
Just enter Snwst50 in the 'Special Code' box on the shopping cart page.

Remember that past Zac's students can use refresher discounts of up to $150/p. CLICK HERE for details on discounts.

 

[markoo]

Just to clarify a few things. Are you offering a $50 discount on your course or a $50 credit on stuff that you have for sale. There is a difference. When we took the course we were told we would get a discount. Not true. We received a credit which we had to use to buy overpriced stuff from your store. Just wondering.

 

[zacs]

Markoo. You are right. Most of the credits we offer are against the gear we sell. The Early Group Registration Credit and Snowmobile Club member credits are like this.

Details on the credits are available online. Please follow this link. Zac's discount offers

The offer in this Snowest thread is a discount against the course fees. Correct. Occasionally the offers change up. Thank you for giving us the chance to clarify.

I am sorry that you feel our gear is expensive. I admit that we are a small volume vendor with relatively high overhead costs (we are fully mobile compared to an online retailer), however all of our prices are at least 5% below retail and to my knowledge are in line or even lower than traditional stores. Pretty sure that none of our prices increased over the past year. In fact many prices dropped. Volume discounts may be available depending on the items purchased.

Feel free to post here or pm me on the items that you found that were out of line and I will certainly look into it and see if we have room to adjust our pricing. It would be super helpful if you passed along the weblinks to pricing that is more inline with the current market.

Our purpose in offering the gear isn't to rape and pillage, it is to help cover our expenses as we try to bring courses and specialty items to many smaller communities in Western Canada that don't have access to the big city goods and services. Our pricing doesn't change no matter the size of the class nor how many hundreds of miles we are away from home.

If the discount offer that you had was incorrectly applied to your purchases please forward your invoice(s) to me and I'll make the necessary adjustments. lori@zacstracs.com

Sorry to have offended you but thank you for the opportunity to explain.

 

[zacs]

I just ran across this video clip. It is from Montana. Seriously weak foundation from the shallow snowpack in this bulletin region. The shallow snow and cool temps have led to changes to the snow crystals to create depth hoar and large facets. Super sugary and super weak.
The extended column test that they demonstrate in the video clip is normally performed on a block of snow that is 30cm by 90 cm, but the forecasters almost doubled the length of the column to 175cm to highlight how seriously unstable the snowpack was in the area. The Extended Column test is one of the tests that we demonstrate in the AST Field sessions. It is a great test to help us appreciate the possibility of an avalanche propagating away from the trigger spot. Basically, a test to see whether the dominoes are connected and how easily they might tip over once they get started.

January 4 video GNFAC - Super extended Column Test

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Things are pretty wild this weekend in the Lizard Range if you are headed to the areas nearby to Fernie, BC. Not sure where the Lizard Range is? How about the Purcells? CLICK HERE to view the CAC Public Avalanche Bulletin Map overlayed onto Google Maps.
Locate nearby towns and road systems to clarify the Bulletin boundaries.

Enjoy the warmer temps this weekend. Wow...pretty darn cold the past few days....lucky I had some inside jobs to do!