Welcome to the internet avalanche awareness and online education center. This is the place to learn about snow avalanches, avoiding and/or mitigating the risk from avalanches, avalanche resuce beacons, and much more. Learn here and stay safe outdoors!

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The Avalanche Glossary

Only here on the CSAC website will you find such a comprehensive glossary of avalanche related terms, with well over 225 entries. We also have an index to related glossaries, including extensive ones for meteorology and hydrology.

Quiz Yourself!

Here are some multiple choice quizzes you can take. When you're done you can view your results, and if you are logged in as a member you can also see full statistics of overall scores as well as detailed answer pages.

Educational Resources Online

This directory page is starting point for all kinds of websites and webpages where you can learn about a wide variety of avalanche-related topics. Includes pages and information on Danger Scales, resources for schools, our avalanche glossary and more.

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