ACC Weather Tips & Tricks

Mountain Weather

The following documents were put together for our May 2015 AGM presentation by local member Jonathan Button. 

• Weather Tips and Tricks (Instruction Document)
• Other Resources:
  • SpotWX
  • Avalanche Canada
  • VizaWeb

Mountain conditions

• Mountain Conditions Report (MCR)
  • Subscribe to receive reports from ACMG guides as they are out in the field. Almost as good as being there! 
  • Parks Canada also uses this mailing list to announce closures due to wildlife or avalanche control.

Weather

• Edmonton
  • Edmonton - Environment Canada
• Hinton
  • Hinton - Environment Canada
• Jasper
  • Jasper - Environment Canada
• Columbia Icefields
  • Jasper NP - Columbia Icefields, The Weather Network
• Nordegg
  • Nordegg - Environment Canada
• Banff
  • Banff - Environment Canada
• Canmore
  • Canmore - Environment Canada
• Bow Valley
  • Bow Valley (Provincial Park)
• Calgary
  • Calgary - Environment Canada

Avalanche

• Avalanche Canada (Bulletins & Forecasts)
• Parks Canada - Avalanche Terrain Maps

Road conditions

• Alberta Road Reports
• Alberta highway cameras
• BC highway cameras

Wildlife

• Weekly Bear Sightings - Banff, Kootenay and Yoho