Fireside Chat: "Avalanches: Science and Safety"

Recreational activity in the backcountry is on the rise. Local and statewide transportation corridors pass through avalanche terrain. Do you know where and how avalanches form? Do you know what causes avalanches to release? How do avalanche forecasters determine the relative danger that an avalanche could happen? Come learn the answers to these and many other questions as John Fitzgerald, avalanche forecaster with the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center, discusses avalanches.