Resident ski guide Erik Stevens has launched a website aimed at helping backcountry users in Haines to identify and avoid avalanches.
The “Haines Avalanche Information Center” is a volunteer-driven effort aimed at providing information that in other parts of the country is supplied by government-sponsored outfits.
The site provides a “detailed collection of local observations and a summary of these conditions interpreted by a professional,” according to Stevens. He said it’s not a forecast of…
