Backcountry Stash

You found the secret stash son!
              

This page will be redesigned in the near future to better suit your needs.  For now, indulge in this plethora of backcountry specific links for all of your Eastern adventures into the wild... 

Higher Summits Forecasts
• VT & NY
     www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/mountain
   - Mountain Point Forecast:
     www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/mountain/point
   - Archive of Higher Summits Forecast:
     www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=REC&node=KBTV
• ME & NH
   www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=REC&node=KGYX
• Mt. Washington, NH
   www.mountwashington.org/weather/summit_forecast.php
• Adirondack High Peaks Region, NY
   www.adk.org/page.php?pname=trail-conditions

Other Misc. Weather Links
• North America Global Forecast System (GFS)
   & North America Mesoscale Model (NAM) 
   mag.ncep.noaa.gov
• Winter Weather Information – ME & NH
   www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/winter/Winter.php
• Mt. Washington, NH Temperature Profile – Regional Mesonet
   www.mountwashington.org/weather/mesonet/?z=3
• Mt. Mansfield, VT Temperature Profile – Regional Mesonet – NEW
   - Elevation-specific Virtual Temperature Profiles for entire Green Mountain Spine
   - Low level wind shear, lapse rate, Froude Number, and more
     www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/mountain/profile
• Mt. Mansfield, VT Snowstake
   www.uvm.edu/skivt-l/?Page=depths.php
• Forecasting Upslope Snow in the Green Mountains, VT – NEW
   www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/mountain/profile/froude
• Windchill Chart – Know your windchill!
   www.nws.noaa.gov/om/windchill

Avalanche Forecasts & Advisories   
• Mt. Washington/ Tuckerman Ravine, NH
   www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/category/avalanche-advisory-for-tuckerman-and-huntington-ravines
• Chic Choc Mountains, Gaspe National Park, QC 
    www.centreavalanche.qc.ca/bulletins/bulletin_en.php

    

Backcountry Guide Services and Avalanche Courses/ Education
• Ski Chic Chocs - Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, QC:  www.skichicchocs.com
• Acadia Mountain Guides - Orono, ME:  www.acadiamountainguides.com
• Chauvin Guides - N. Conway, NH:  www.chauvinguides.com
• EMS School - N. Conway, NH:  www.emsclimb.com
• Petra Cliffs Mountaineering School - Burlington, VT:  www.petracliffs.com/mountaineering.html
• Adirondack Rock & River Guide Service - Keene, NY:  www.rockandriver.com
• Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides - Keene Valley, NY:  www.cloudsplitterguides.com

Avalanche Education  (You can never watch/ study this stuff enough, so please do!)
Videos:
• BCA Beacon Search & Digging - www.backcountryaccess.com/education-research/learn-about-av-safety
• BCA - www.backcountryaccess.com/education-research/resorces-for-av-pros
• TGR (BCA & Recco) - www.tetongravity.com/snowlab/avi_education_videos.aspx

• American Avalanche Association
   - www.americanavalancheassociation.org
   - www.avalanche.org
   - Avalanche Awareness Tutorial:  www.avalanche.org/tutorial/tutorial.html
• Forest Service National Avalanche Center
   - www.fsavalanche.com
   - www.fsavalanche.com/Default.aspx?ContentId=17&LinkId=73&ParentLinkId=3
   - Beacon Search Info:  www.fsavalanche.com/Default.aspx?ContentId=24&LinkId=29&ParentLinkId=3
   - Avalanche Glossary:  www.fsavalanche.org/Encyclopedia.aspx