What’s this doing on the Level 1 site?!?!? Alright, we’re not all just park rats and jibbers… a lot of the Level 1 crew spends some serious time in the backcountry, and snow safety, awareness, and knowledge is something that everyone needs to be on top of, rookies and seasoned veterans alike!

“This danger scale is the first time that the two countries have used the same scale, and is the result of a multi-year effort by the Canadian Avalanche Centre, Parks Canada, the USDA Forest Service, and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The recent proposal by New Zealand’s Mountain Safety Centre to use the new scale starting in the 2011 southern hemisphere winter has further increased the international scope of the project.”

From Powdermag.com – click the link to read the rest of the article and further educate yourself!