Map Skills in the Digital Age A Guest blog by Past President Neil Van Dyke There was an interesting piece on National Public Radio ...

What is the Mountain Rescue Association?  The Mountain Rescue Association is an organization of teams dedicated to saving lives th...

The "Ten Essentials" The first and most obvious rule of safe backcountry use is to always carry equipment that might become ...

Think "Before" "Prepare" is defined in Webster's Dictionary as "to make ready beforehand for some purpose, us...

The Public Information Officer in Search and Rescue What is a Public Information Officer? A Public Information Officer (“PIO”) is a repre...

Hypothermia...The Most Common Killer of Backcountry Users  On February 1, 1989, the temperature in Butte, Montana dropped from 42 degrees...

Avalanche!!!! The  Snowpack Variable  Snowpack is the last variable that we will use for clues.  By combining the clues you observe, iden...