Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center (NWAC) promotes public safety by helping reduce the impacts of snow, avalanches and adverse mountain weather on transportation, industry and recreation. Administered by the United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service.
Westwide Avalanche Network Non-profit organization. Affiliated with The American Association of Avalanche Professionals
Avalanche Accident Statistics: Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) CAIC serves as a repository for US and world avalanche accident data.
Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center - CSAC Non-profit organization tracking conditions and providing education about avalanches.
Survival On Snow Canadian for-profit organization that sells avalanche tools (beacons, shovels, and probes) online.
Recorded avalanche information is available 24 hours a day:
- Washington Cascades and Olympics, call 206.526.6677;
- Mount Hood area and southern Washington Cascades, call 503.808.2400.
Mt. Everest Sites
Everest Internet Experiment 1999 - Index The most technologically ambitious Web site - they are attempting to perform live Webcast from the summit of the mountain in the form of a video feed that will be refreshed every five seconds.
Mountainzone Commercial site with plenty of high-end gadgetry at its disposal, the Mountain Zone, based in Seattle, has done more than any other site to move climbing into the virtual world according to New York Times writer Peter Dizikes.
Everest News A virtual base camp for desktop mountaineers. It has daily news updates on the mountain plus links to the Web sites of nearly every major expedition.
Nova's Everest The search for Mallory and Irvine coming in a Nova documentary. Don't miss the QTVR (QuickTime Video Recorder) view of the summit.
Risk Online The New York Times states that this Russian site contains the best single-expedition Web site ever seen - the K2 1996 climb by a Russian team.
