Northern Rockies Snow & Avalanche Workshop
November 9th, 2024
10:00 am- 5:00 pm at the
Whitefish Performing Arts Center
Committee
These volunteers and staff make NRSAW possible
Lloyd Morsett
Mark Dundas
Kira Kitchens
Jenny Cloutier
Meg Killen
Jackson George
Jeremy Hauser
Cheri DuBeau
Jeff Carlson
Yvonne Derkx
To join the NRSAW committee, contact friends@www.flatheadavalanche.org
PAST SPEAKERS
Thank you to our presenters for sharing their knowledge and experience with us
Public Workshop
Jason Konigsberg
When do Whumpfs Correlate with Avalanches? (watch)
Nata de Leeuw
Wind Slab or Storm Slab: When Do We Use Each Term? (watch)
Cam Johnson
April Fooled in the Flathead: The Hazard of Late Season Persistent Weak Layers (watch)
Lindsey Rochte
Human-Centered Avalanche Susceptibility Mapping (H-CASM): Shifting the cartographic emphasis of backcountry avalanche susceptibility maps (watch)
Devon O’Neil
Why Our Stories Matter (watch)
Christiane Hinterman
Deep in the Senses: Enhancing Awareness through Nature Therapy (watch)
Pro Night
Jason Konigsberg
Destructive Avalanche Cycles in CO and a Link to Atmospheric Rivers
Nata De Leeuw
Understanding Environmental Controls on Wind Slab Properties
Devon O’Neil
The Value of a Dramatic Retelling
Public Workshop
LeeAnn Allegretto
Northwest Montana Winter 2021/22 in review and 2022/23 in Preview (watch)
Matt Hansen
Burying the Lede: Lessons Learned From a Career of Writing About People and Avalanches
Simon Horton
Comparing Avalanche Seasons: Do More Dangerous Conditions Result in More Fatalities?
Jake Hutchinson
When Things Do Go Wrong: How a Little Critical Thought, a Few Shortcuts and Better Practice Will Make You a More Effective and Efficient Companion Rescuer
Joel Shehan
Physical Therapy for a Strong, Healthy Season—and Lifetime
Panel on Regional Avalanche Programs
Featuring Adam Clark, Lloyd Morsett, Blase Reardon, Erich Peitzsch, with moderator Keagan Zoellner
Pro Night
Gabrielle Antonioli
American Avalanche Association Resilience Project
Matt Hansen
How to Get the Story Right, and Other Near Misses of a Media Pro
Simon Horton
Importance of Snow Depth Data for Snowpack Modeling for Forecasting
Jake Hutchinson
30 Years of Balancing Exposure, Risk, and Operational Goals in a Wicked and Ruthless Learning Environment
Leslie Atkinson
Pilot’s Peak Snowbike Near Miss (watch)
Kim Givler
Physical Therapy for Backcountry Recreators (watch)
Grant Helgeson
The Ebbs and Flows of a Season and Conditions-First Planning (watch)
Spencer Logan
2020/21 in Review: Patterns in Education and Experience Levels of People Involved in Colorado Avalanches (watch)
Blase Reardon
2020/21 in Review: Northwest Montana’s season (watch)
Mark Staples, Amélie Goulet-Boucher, and Parkin Costain
Topics on Social Media and Avalanche Safety (watch)
Pascal Haegeli
New Insight into How Recreationists Use and Understand Avalanche Forecasts (watch)
Martina Halik
Managing Avalanche Risk Over a Multi-Week Ski Traverse: A Practitioners Experience (watch – skip to 60 minutes in)
Jordy Hendrikx
Powder Arousal and the White Heat Project (watch)
Christiane Hinterman
Post-Adventure Yoga (watch)
Rebecca Hurlen-Patano, Ken Scott, Jeff Thompson
Life and Death in the Silver Mountain Avalanche Accident (watch)
Kelly Elder
Observations: Space and Time, Relevance, Locations
Henry Finn
How Do Recreationists Understand Avalanche Bulletin Information? Opportunities for Making it Better
Aleph Johnson-Bloom
Wise Ones: Conversations with the Prominent Mentors of the US Avalanche Industry
Lloyd Morsett
Riding and Dying in Northwest Montana: An In-Depth Look at Avalanche Fatality Statistics in Our Backyard
Blase Reardon
It Could Be Worser Than That: Lessons Learned from Avalanche Near-Misses and Accidents
Matt W
Thinking Under Extreme Stress
Sara Boilen
Human Factors: Dumb Hearts and Lazy Brains
Dave Hamre
Evelyn Lees
Are You Effectively Solo?
Caleb Merrill
The Avalanche Hour Podcast and the Importance of Telling Near-Miss Stories
John Sykes
Decision-Making in Side-Country Terrain
Andrew Beck
Learning from the Mistakes Pros Make
Tory Baughan, Travis Berro, Kyle Haugen
Close Call in the Swan Range
Zach Guy
Tricks to Avoid Getting Tricked
Jen Parsons, Erich Peitzsch
Perspectives of Experience
Scott Savage
Memory 101 for Avalanche Connoisseurs & Aficionados
Ted Steiner
What’s Your Call: Managing Uncertainty as a Field Practitioner and Industry-Based Avalanche Forecaster
Bruce Jamieson
Terry O’Connor
Erich Peitzsch
Diana Saly
Todd Wharton
Canyon Creek Near Miss
Grant Helgeson
Jordy Hendrikx
Jamie Musniecki
John Snook
Grant Statham
Open Panel
Communicating Avalanche Risk & Hazard
Steve Karkanen
Tom Murphy
Greg Pederson
Erich Peitzsch
Simon Trautman
Open Panel: Managing Avalanche Risk in the High-Traffic Backcountry Areas
LeeAnn Allegretto
Flathead National Forest
Brian Lazar
Eric Knoff
Bruce Tremper
Colin Zacharias
Jordy Hendrikx
Doug Richmond
Don Scharfe
Mark Staples
Lynne Wolfe