Avalanche Education Articles
Avalanche Education Articles (New Links Section)Over the summer we updated our Links section: http://www.avalanche-center.org/links/It is now possible for users to submit articles as well as links, and to comment on articles as well as rate them. Submitting links now requires an email confirmation to eliminate the constant spam, but articles do not. Both need to be approved before appearing.We have just added a second article in the Avalanche Education section, "Training

Snow rescues easy fetch game for dogs
This is actually from August, but it was just posted in the process of catching up in things. It's a general interest article...A series of avalanches causing two deaths in the Southern Alps of New Zealand this winter have kept snow rescue dogs busy sniffing out trapped people. When a person becomes trapped by an avalanche, their best hope for survival - aside from a personal locator beacon - is a rescue dog, whose agility, speed and sense of smell can mean the difference between life and death.For the full article visit our News section:http://www.avalanche-center.org/News/

Beacon Blast - Members Sale
Through November we have all beacons on sale for members. These prices are so low we can't list them, so you'll need to be a current member and log into the website. If you are not currently an active member you will save more than enough to cover your membership, and you will then have access to all website features a

Reviewers Needed for Education Content
Our major emphasis this season will be the introduction of online education. This is not some flashy self-run tutorial that was developed and thrown out there for consumption with no further effort. (Anyone who has followed our project knows this is not our style!).The courses we will offer are interactive, with multiple methods of communication with instructors as well as other students. It is a somewhat labor intensive undertaking. (The development has proven to be extremely labor intensive and has required a great deal of work over at least two seasons now.)We have run the course with actual students, some of whom have professional backgrounds ranging from adult e

New Links / Articles Section
Links section improved - now including articlesOne project earlier this summer was to upgrade the links section. This isn't well attached to the main website sections, it is most accessible from the icon on the right side of the home page showing four chain links.The newest version of the open source php software we use includes articles as well as links. Anyone can submit an article, just as they can submit a link. Articles can also be commented on. As with most user submitted information there is an approval process to filter out the spam. However, new material is usually approved quickly. Unless it is spam.When a link is submitted there is now an email