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The Avalanche Hour Podcast

The Avalanche Hour

Podcast by Caleb Merrill

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00:47:02

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.18 Jerry Johnson

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2020/06/01

In this episode, we highlight an interview with Dr. Jerry Johnson, a political science professor at Montana State University. We talk about some of the factors that Jerry feels like are contributing to good decision making in backcountry winter sports. He talks about his involvement with the White Heat Project, and how we can learn about making decisions from other professions, and much more. Music on this track: "Wizard" by Sunsquabi and "Afternoon Soul" by Gramatik. Link to White Heat

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01:03:04

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.17 Jordy Hendrikx

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2020/05/15

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Jordy Hendrikx- Director of the Snow and Avalanche Lab at Montana State University. Jordy talks about the path that led him to his current role at MSU. He talks about what a potential applicant might want to focus on before starting an application to the program. We also chat about some of the current research going on in the program as well as the high caliber employment that graduates are finding in the snow and avalanche arena. We hope you enjoy this episode

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01:10:35

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.16 Doug Richmond

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2020/05/01

In this episode, we hear from Doug Richmond. Doug is a career ski patroller who started out at Sugarbowl in Lake Tahoe and skipped around a bit before settling in to his home at Bridger Bowl. Doug talks about the fundamentals of working in the avalanche environment, what has kept him and his team safe during avalanche mitigation mornings, and what makes a good ski patroller. Doug shares a couple of great stories to round out the hour. Enjoy. Music by Ketsa.

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01:04:12

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.15 Don Bachman

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2020/04/15

In this episode, we hear the story of Don Bachman's career in the snow and avalanche world. From ski patrolling to avalanche forecasting for highways, infrastructure, and athletic events, Don recounts lessons learned, mentorships, and a few stories along the way. We hope you enjoy. Music by Ketsa and Lobo Loco.

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00:47:17

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.14 Doug Workman

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2020/04/01

This episode features Doug Workman- Jackson, WY based ski and alpine guide. Doug is also the North American Technical Snow Safety Rep for Mammut. We chat about ski guiding in the far reaches of the Earth, some of the ways guide meetings might play out for different operations, as well as some of the current snow safety product offerings Mammut has. Don't forget to check out www.mammutavalanchesafety.com A link to the current survey I talk about in this episode:

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01:06:35

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.13 Eric Knoff

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2020/03/24

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic....Crazy times. Take a timeout to listen to this great episode featuring Eric Knoff. Eric has been a pro patroller, public avalanche forecaster, as well as an educator. We talk to Eric about his career, his new education company: Six Points Avalanche Education, as well as some of his thoughts (and research) on large column tests. Musical tracks by Ketsa. Mission Ready and Onwards Upwards. Check out Six Points Avalanche Education at

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01:02:34

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.12 Greg Epstein...

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2020/03/15

In this episode, I chat with Greg Epstein. Greg grew up in Jackson Wyoming, and is proud to call it home. He has been an extreme skier, film producer for TGR, and is currently one of the Teton County Commissioner. Greg talks about his career and recounts an avalanche he was involved in outside of JHMR. Enjoy! Music provided by Broke for Free via www.freemusicarchive.org

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00:54:26

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.11 COAC and WAC

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2020/03/01

This episode highlights two avalanche centers that may be smaller in budget and forecast area of other larger centers, but certainly don't lack in professionalism as well as community support. We chat with Gabe Coler and Aaron Hartz of the Central Oregon Avalanche Center as well as Victor Mcneil of the Wallowa Avalanche Centers. We chat about the evolution and growth of these organizations, as well as some of the ways their communities are helping to drive the success of the centers. Enjoy!

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01:01:38

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.10 Don Carpenter

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2020/02/15

In Episode 4.10, I sit down with Don Carpenter- Guide, Educator, and owner of The American Avalanche Institute. We chat about some of the programs that AAI offers for some of the special operations teams of the US Military. We chat about teamwork, partners, travel techniques in avalanche terrain, and of course Don shares some stories of his experience throughout his career

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01:02:12

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.9 Ed Adams

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2020/02/01

We sit down with Ed Adams- recently retired professor from Montana State University. Ed was instrumental in the development and success of the SubZero lab at MSU. We chat about his career path, some of the research that he has worked on, and a few stories that happened along the way. Tune in. Music on this episode by Ketsa. Tracks: Night Fly and Greener Grass.

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00:47:59

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.8 Jamie Laidlaw

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2020/01/15

Episode 4.8 highlights Guide, Educator, Patroller, Professional Expedition Skier Jamie Laidlaw. Jamie shares some of the lessons he has learned in the mountains, and what has caught him off guard in the snowpack. He details some strategy about going into areas where there is no readily accessed information to historical snowpack data. I know you'll enjoy this one. Cheers.

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01:05:03

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.7 CJ Svela and...

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2020/01/01

In this episode, we first chat with CJ Svela who is the Vice President of the Association of Professional Patrollers. He shares with us what the APP is all about, and some of the educational offerings of this winter for Patrollers across the West. We then chat with Laura Maguire, who shares some of her research concerning decision making and cognitive systems in high risk environments. Check out all of Laura's papers: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura_Maguire5 If you would like to

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00:48:37

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.6 Danny Holland-...

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2019/12/15

Danny Holland recounts his perspective of being part of the group that was involved in a fatal avalanche on December 26, 2013 on Cody Peak, WY. This is not meant to be an exhaustive analysis of the avalanche, but more a conversational piece about how the events of that fateful day unfolded. Thank you to Danny for sharing his story. This is not easy. For more information on this event, see the below links. We can all learn from this. Accident Report:

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01:10:44

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.5 Doug Chabot

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2019/12/01

Hopefully you all are stuffed from the recent Thanksgiving holiday. More importantly, I hope you were able to spend some quality time with those people you care about. This episode features a great interview with Doug Chabot who is the current director of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center in Bozeman, MT. We chat about some of the strategies the GNAFC utilizes to get their message across to as many diverse user groups as they can. We also chat about his work with several organizations

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01:09:37

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.4 BrendEn Cronin

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2019/11/15

We sit down and have a good ol time with BrendEn Cronin. Currently a highway forecaster for Wyoming DOT, BrendEn has been a guide, forecaster, ski patroller, and all around badass kayaker. We cover lots in this episode, and I think we had a pretty good time doing it. Hope you enjoy. Music in this episode: Funk it VIP by Gramatik and DeFunk as well as So Far by Anitek.

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01:12:12

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.3 Don Sharaf

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2019/11/01

I travelled to Jackson WY last week and sat down with Don Sharaf. Don has spent the better part of the past 3 decades working in the snow and avalanche realm while forecasting, guiding, and educating others in this high risk environment. We break down what we can do given all of our awareness of human factors, talk about how to measure success and failure in avalanche education, whether confidence is outpacing competence and so much more. We recorded this interview in a county library, and

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01:15:37

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.2 Robin Pendery...

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2019/10/15

This episode features a couple of Crystal Mountain's finest. Robin Pendery is the Assistant Forecaster for the avalanche program and Sara Cohen is the director of the dog rescue program at Crystal Mountain in Washington. We talk about the forecasting and mitigation program with Robin, then dig into the dog program with Sara. You'll learn about what goes into the thought process of an avalanche mitigation morning, as well as what makes a good dog team training program. Enjoy! Music by Broke for

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01:07:01

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 4.1 Joe and Mike...

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2019/10/01

Welcome to the 4th season of the Avalanche Hour Podcast! This episode features the first family of heliskiing in the US. Mike and Joe Royer sit down with me and discuss the history and the future of Ruby Mountain Heli Ski. We also dive into some of the characteristics of this uniquely situated mountain range, the snowpack that we deal with there, and how we forecast for and deal with Avalanche hazard in a busy heli skiing schedule. Music on this episode is Loungin' by Gramatik and Hicktronica

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00:43:49

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 3.19 Roger Atkins

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2019/06/15

Last episode of season 3 highlights an interview with longtime Heli Ski Guide Roger Atkins. Roger presented the paper Yin, Yang, and You at the 2014 ISSW. He outlined how approaching each day with a strategic mindset might help guiding operations choose appropriate terrain and manage clients in the best way. This will be a timeless episode, that would be helpful to review once the snow starts flying again. The beginning of the show has some background noise, but it decreases throughout the show

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01:02:17

The Avalanche Hour Podcast Episode 3.18 billy barr

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2019/06/01

For 45 years, billy barr has been taking weather observations every day from the same location in Gothic, CO. In the wintertime, he makes observations of avalanches of the numerous paths surrounding his house. billy has no vehicle. He skis into town for supplies as the road is closed in the winter. He loves numbers, and with all of this weather data over such an extended time, he has lots of numbers to look at. His work has caught the attention of scientists studying climate change. In this

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