Haines Avalanche Center director Erik Stevens asked the Haines Borough Assembly for $20,000 in the 2020 budget on Tuesday.
Stevens said the money would be used to fund professional avalanche forecasting and education services.
The Haines Avalanche Center employees three part-time staff from November to April. They gather snowpack observations in the mountains to understand the state of it and track weak layers throughout the season.
“Using this data, and other observations made by the…