State researchers are nearly finished with an innovative avalanche mapping project that will help assess risks to Chilkat Valley infrastructure and residents.
Scientists at the Alaska Department of Natural Resource’s Climate and Cryosphere Hazards Program (CCHP) are using recent climatological data and evolving a technique developed by Swiss researchers to create a baseline model of avalanche potential across Southeast Alaska. The project, which the Haines Avalanche Center is supporting with field monitoring, will be useful…