Recently Digitized Historic Reports Give Glimpses Into the Early Days of Avalanche Research - SnowBrains

Recently Digitized Historic Reports Give Glimpses Into the Early Days of Avalanche Research - SnowBrains

The Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research has been at the forefront of avalanche research since the 1930s. | Photo: WSL SLF Archive If you’ve ever taken an avalanche class in the United States, then it’s likely that your instructor has at least a tenuous connection to Ed LaChapelle. As a snow and avalanche researcher and educator for more than thirty years, LaChapelle had a hand in developing most aspects of modern avalanche safety, fr…