Evaluation of Snow Stability Tests for Avalanche Forecasting During the 1979-80 Winter

Contract No. 079-071prepared for National Research Council Canadapr\ue9par\ue9 pour le Conseil national de recherches CanadaPeer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye

Avalanche Accidents in Canada. II. A Selection of Case Histories of Accidents 1943 to 1978

Case histories are presented of avalanche accidents in Canada that resulted in death or injury. A first volume describing accidents between 1955 and 1976 was published earlier (NRCC 17292). The present publication contains cases from the winters 1976 to 1978 and a few selected ones from earlier years. They contain a description of the weather, snow conditions, circumstances leading to the accident, the event, and the rescue operation.Des cas d'accidents caus\ue9s par des avalanches au Canada ayant provoqu\ue9 la mort ou des blessures sont pr\ue9sent\ue9s. Un premier volume d\ue9crit les accidents qui se sont produits entre 1955 et 1976 a \ue9t\ue9 publi\ue9s plus t\uf4t (NRCC 17292). Cette publication contient les cas des hivers de 1976 \ue0 1978 et certains autres cas choisis dans le r\ue9p\ue9rtoire des ann\ue9es pr\ue9c\ue9dentes. Les cas document\ue9s contiennent une description de la temp\ue9rature, des conditions de la neige, des circonstances qui ont conduit \ue0 l'accident, l'accident comme tel, et l'op\ue9ration de sauvetage.Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye

L'\ue9ducation, clef de la s\ue9curit\ue9: recherche sur les avalanches

Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye

Education reduces the risks : avalanche research

Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye

Avalanche Accidents in Canada. I. A Selection of Case Histories of Accidents, 1955 to 1976

Case histories are presented of avalanche accidents in Canada that resulted in death, injury or serious destruction of property in the years between 1955 and 1976. They contain a description of the circumstances leading to the accident, the event, and the rescue operation, but they do not include all accidents owing to insufficient information. Whenever possible, weather observations at the closest climatological station are given for the day of each accident and those preceding it. Compilation of case histories will continue and publication of a second volume is anticipated.On pr\ue9sente des cas document\ue9s d'accidents caus\ue9s par des avalanches au Canada qui provoqu\ue8rent la mort, des blessures ou de graves dommages des biens des personnes, des ann\ue9es 1955 \ue0 1976. On d\ue9crit les circonstances qui men\ue8rent \ue0 l'accident comme tel, et l'op\ue9ration de sauvetage, mais tout les cas ne sont pas rapport\ue9s \ue0 cause d'un manque d'information. Lorsqu'il est possible, des observations sur le temps \ue0 la Station m\ue9t\ue9orologique la plus proche sont donn\ue9es pour le jour de chaque accident et pour les jours qui pr\ue9c\ue9d\ue8rent. La compilation de ces cas document\ue9s sera poursuivie et on pr\ue9voit publier un deuxi\ue8me volume.Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye