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Snowmobile Avalanche Awareness and Beacon Clinic
02/08/2025 - 9:00am to 1:00pm

The Mount Shasta Avalanche Center will host an avalanche awareness and companion rescue class specifically for snowmobilers!

Spend the day with MSAC professionals as we provide you with avalanche and rescue information specifically catered toward the snowmobiler's mind.

Meet MSAC educators at the Deer Mountain warming hut at 9 am. All riders will get to watch the award-winning Know Before You Go presentation before jumping on their sleds and spending the remainder of the day practicing beacon, shovel and probe skills, terrain identification and management, and scenarios! If you don't have a beacon, shovel and probe, no problem! We will have some for you to use, but...you should get this equipment soon! Demos of several different beacon styles will be available and MSAC staff can help you decide what gear is best for you. This course is not to be missed, free of charge, and does not require a registration.

For more information, call Nick at 530-926-9617 or email nicklaus.meyers@usda.gov or call Casey at 360-301-3040 or email casey.glaubman@fmsac.org

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Observation Contest
12/31/2024 - 6:00pm, 01/31/2025 - 6:00pm, 02/28/2025 - 6:00pm, 03/31/2025 - 6:00pm, 04/13/2025 - 6:00pm

Who wants to win some free MSAC gear? We're launching an observation contest this season becasue we want to hear more from YOU about what you're seeing out there. Follow the guidelines in the photo to enter. Each observation you submit on our website puts your name in the hat for the monthly drawing. Check our Instagram for addtional information. P.S. you don't have to give up your favorite powder stash or spend the day in a snow pit to share. 

Observation Tips

1) TALK TO US LIKE YOU TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS

-We speak snow slang.

-Describe current conditions to us like you would to your travel partners

 

2) AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS ARE CRITICAL

-There is no greater sign of unstable snow than recent avalanche observations

 

3) PHOTOS HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU SAW

-Show us what you’re describing

-Allow us to join you on your day in the mountains

 

4) PERTINENT NEGATIVES

-Even if you don’t see any red flags, let us know. This information is important and helpful to our staff.

 

5) YOU DON’T HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR POWDER STASH

-You can still share valuable information from the field without revealing your secret spots.

-Aspect, elevation, and mountain range is what we’re looking for.

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Know Before You Go - avalanche awareness (March)
03/01/2025 - 7:00pm

Know Before You Go is a free avalanche awareness program. Not much science, no warnings to stay out of the mountains, no formulas to memorize. In 1 hour, you will see the destructive power of avalanches, understand when and why they happen, and how you can have fun in the mountains and avoid avalanches.

The high energy videos and the jaw-dropping slide show, along with the Q&A chat with an avalanche professional, takes the breath away from adults, children, and everyone in between. 

The KBYG program has 3 parts, an 18 minute video, a slide show, and a Q&A session, all led by a local avalanche professional. The images are eye-catching and pack a punch. Viewers see the destructive power of avalanches, how people get in trouble, and the basics of how to avoid them, all through the eyes of avalanche professionals, pro athletes, accident victims and rescuers, and their peers. We don't preach and we don't tell skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers to stay home - we encourage them to get some education to get out and have fun safely.

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Companion Rescue Beacon Clinic (March)
03/02/2025 - 9:00am to 12:00pm

Avalanche transceivers, or beacons, are the best tools we have to find someone buried in an avalanche. Join us and learn how to use one and effectively carry out a companion rescue. It is also a great chance to brush up on your skills. Don't yet have a beacon of your own? Not to worry! We'll have several different types (BCA, Ortovox, Pieps, Mammut/Barryvox) for you to try out. Dress to be outside on the snow. Think warm footwear and gloves! These clinics take place at the Bunny Flat meadow area. Look for our flags!

Don't want to listen to us yak away? You can still come and run through the beacon courses a few times to hone your rescue skills. It's always good to refresh your skills at the beginning of every season. Remember, YOU are the rescue party! Get dialed. 

We'll meet at the Bunny Flat parking lot/trailhead about 9 am. Look for the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center flags!

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Observation Contest
12/31/2024 - 6:00pm, 01/31/2025 - 6:00pm, 02/28/2025 - 6:00pm, 03/31/2025 - 6:00pm, 04/13/2025 - 6:00pm

Who wants to win some free MSAC gear? We're launching an observation contest this season becasue we want to hear more from YOU about what you're seeing out there. Follow the guidelines in the photo to enter. Each observation you submit on our website puts your name in the hat for the monthly drawing. Check our Instagram for addtional information. P.S. you don't have to give up your favorite powder stash or spend the day in a snow pit to share. 

Observation Tips

1) TALK TO US LIKE YOU TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS

-We speak snow slang.

-Describe current conditions to us like you would to your travel partners

 

2) AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS ARE CRITICAL

-There is no greater sign of unstable snow than recent avalanche observations

 

3) PHOTOS HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU SAW

-Show us what you’re describing

-Allow us to join you on your day in the mountains

 

4) PERTINENT NEGATIVES

-Even if you don’t see any red flags, let us know. This information is important and helpful to our staff.

 

5) YOU DON’T HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR POWDER STASH

-You can still share valuable information from the field without revealing your secret spots.

-Aspect, elevation, and mountain range is what we’re looking for.

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Community and Members Appreciation Party
04/12/2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm

The Mount Shasta Avalanche Center would like to invite you to our end of season Members and Community Appreciation Party. Hopefully it won't be the end of "winter" in Mt Shasta in April, come and hang with all your friends and soon-to-be-friends as we celebrate what a great season this will have been.

Food and refreshments will be provided free of charge, and we'll have a great musical performance by a soon-to-be named band!

WHEN: Saturday, April 12th from 4-7 pm

WHERE: Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens @ 1234 Nixon Rd in Mt Shasta

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Observation Contest
12/31/2024 - 6:00pm, 01/31/2025 - 6:00pm, 02/28/2025 - 6:00pm, 03/31/2025 - 6:00pm, 04/13/2025 - 6:00pm

Who wants to win some free MSAC gear? We're launching an observation contest this season becasue we want to hear more from YOU about what you're seeing out there. Follow the guidelines in the photo to enter. Each observation you submit on our website puts your name in the hat for the monthly drawing. Check our Instagram for addtional information. P.S. you don't have to give up your favorite powder stash or spend the day in a snow pit to share. 

Observation Tips

1) TALK TO US LIKE YOU TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS

-We speak snow slang.

-Describe current conditions to us like you would to your travel partners

 

2) AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS ARE CRITICAL

-There is no greater sign of unstable snow than recent avalanche observations

 

3) PHOTOS HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU SAW

-Show us what you’re describing

-Allow us to join you on your day in the mountains

 

4) PERTINENT NEGATIVES

-Even if you don’t see any red flags, let us know. This information is important and helpful to our staff.

 

5) YOU DON’T HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR POWDER STASH

-You can still share valuable information from the field without revealing your secret spots.

-Aspect, elevation, and mountain range is what we’re looking for.

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