by Scraggygoat » Fri Nov 06, 2020 6:21 pm
SAIS is a victim of its own success; discuss?
Many hill-goers just look at the avalanche forecast, rather than following the weather/snow reports for the days ahead of a trip, then looking at weather forecasts, and coming to their own predictions of likely snow distribution, snow stratigraphy and re-distribution, at risk slope aspects and elevations. With looking at SAIS being a final compare and contrast stage.
Secondly the Press routinely report, or folks on forum's mention 'the avalanche forecast was considerable...' as a subtext that people shouldn't have been out on the hill.
Both of these show a misunderstanding, firstly that the forecast is gospel and somehow a specialist skill rather than something the every hill goer can and should work towards, and secondly that aspect (and subtle change of aspect) is being ignored.
How do you propose to break the cycle of press/forum miss-reporting undermining understanding and hill-goer over reliance on your forecasts?