Northeast Oregon
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Weather Forecast for Salt Creek Summit (Elev. 6000 ft.)
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Thunderstorms Likely
High Temperature: 67
°F
Low Temperature: 44
°F
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Rain Showers Likely
High Temperature: 52
°F
Low Temperature: 37
°F
Winter Safety Information
Using this site.
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Click on any colored map zone for more detailed information.
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Review information in our Current Conditions Bulletin.
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Submit a report. Providing quality information requires YOUR help. You may submit observations anonymously.
- Consult our Education tab for course offerings. Winter 2012-13 Classes are posted for Level 1, Level 2, and evening Awareness.
- Check out the Avalanche Tutorial
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Announcements
Spring 2013:
We are currently closed for the summer and not issuing advisories.
Please Contact Us with any questions or comments.
Have a great summer!
Current Avalanche Bulletin
Caution
Safe backcountry travel requires preparation, planning, and experience. This website provides you some planning tools, but does not attempt to provide you with all the information required. If you travel in the winter backcountry, we strongly urge you to consider advanced education. Please see our education page for infomation on local opportunities.
WAC News
End of another fine season
April 18, 2013: As we conclude our season here in the NE corner of Oregon we can be thankful that our region this year was unscathed from major injuries or fatalities. Other avalanche center regions were not so lucky. In fact, each year the Colorado Avalanche Information Center maintains a national database of accidents (fatalities) which typically averages about 30 per year. No avalanche center ever knows just how they play a part in keeping these tragic numbers to a minimum.
So this year and future years we will be focusing our attention on informing folks at the youngest age possible to instill in them a lifelong appreciation for avalanche safety. Here conducting the field instruction segment are WAC Board members Paul, Ken and Julian as they work with 28 grade school children at Salt Creek Summit in late March.
So as autumn unfolds to early winter start checking our Education Tab above for a listing of some great educational events. You'll find 1.5 hour avalanche awareness presentations, field outings looking at the snowpack and practicing with your beacon and more advanced courses such as Level 1 and 2.
Enjoy your summer and we hope you tune in for the start of our 5th season in mid November.
Keith
