9008 - 48th Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta, T3B 2B2, Canada
Phone/Fax: 1-403-288-0803
e-mail: Bruce Jamieson

Consulting and Training

Snow and Avalanche Consulting

• avalanche hazard assessment
• snow and avalanche research
• remote weather stations
• avalanche forecasting and control

Avalanche Training

• Canadian Avalanche Association
• Parks Canada
• Icelandic Search and Rescue
• Portland Mountain Rescue
• various backcountry skiing and snowboarding operations
• BC Ministry of Transportation, Snow Avalanche Programs

• recent research on human triggering
• modern field tests of snow stability
• spatial variability of snow stability
• avalanche forecasting update
• understanding strength changes and stability trends for surface hoar
• deep persistent weak layers such as a layer of facets on a crust
• patterns in unexpected skier-triggered avalanches

• Graduate courses on Snow Avalanche Formation and Release and Snow Avalanche Hazard Mitigation for the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary since the fall of 1998
• Many Level 1 and Level II courses for the Canadian Avalanche Association since 1991
• over 37 recreational avalanche courses since 1983.

For information on Industry Training Program in Canada, contact the Canadian Avalanche Association
Address P.O. Box 2759, Revelstoke, BC, Canada V0E 2S0
Phone 1-250-837-2435, Fax 1-250-837-4624
E-mail canav@avalanche.ca