Join CBAC staff and friends on Friday, April 7th at the Talk of the Town to celebrate another great season. Enjoy a free beer and music by Atmospheric Whiskey River. The party starts at 5:00 pm and the music starts at 6:00 pm.

Help CBAC forecasters and your fellow backcountry community by submitting observations from your tour. The person with the most observations submitted at the end of the season will win a free pair of Weston Skis.

The Fireside Chat is back on Thursday, February 9th with Dr. Jeff Deems. Jeff is the Co-Founder, CTO, and Formulation Lead for Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc as well as a scientist at the CIRES National Snow and Ice Data Center. He explores spatial variability in mountain snowpacks using lidar remote sensing, physical modeling, field measurements, and of course, climbing skins and skis. He has spent many hours flying over and touring the snowpack of the Upper Gunnison Valley in an effort to understand the nature of mountain snowpacks. In this Fireside Chat, we will look at using Airborne Snow Observatories data to get accurate inventories of basin snowpacks and explore some emerging best practices for using digital mapping tools to navigate avalanche terrain and risk. We will be at Tully’s in CB South, starting at 7:00 pm but feel free to show up early to grab a drink, some delicious food, and catch up with your buddies.

Snow looks to return to the Gunnison Valley this weekend, stop by and chat with CBAC staff for the latest info on the changing avalanche conditions as well as maps, stickers, rescue cards and some snacks for your adventure.

CBAC staff will be at the Ohio Pass Trailhead this Saturday, January 14th providing up-to-the-minute reports and conditions from the backcountry. Stop and say “hey” and grab a free map, snacks, rescue cards and stickers.