Latest News – Wallowa Avalanche Center

Many meetings have been scheduled to advance the cause of WAC and propel us into the future.

Throughout the month of July we have planned to meet with:

• The USFS Enterprise Office until the unfortunate loss of the entire office. We will schedule later when things have settled down.
• The Director of the National Avalanche Center
• Our Senior Advisor
• Several other avalanche center directors or longtime avalanche practitioners of note

Results of these meetings will help direct us into the future and develop a sound relationship with our local Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.

In addition we are developing relationships and soliciting assistance from folks in the snowmobile community and Anthony Lakes Ski Resort.

We continue to work toward the installation of weather instrumentation through a cooperative effort with Wallowa County Sheriffs Office, Wallowa Lake Tramway and Scott Hampton of JosephOregonWeather. This endeavor, when operational, will provide important weather data from the summit of Mt. Howard. More details will surely follow by the end of this month after exploratory trips up there yield our installation schedule.

Stay tuned…..

Keith Stebbings