Avalanche forecasting format

which model does it for you?
www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/latest/south-coast    or

www.nwac.us/forecast/avalanche/current/zone/1/

I think the danger rose is nice and visual. The NWAC breaks are a bit bizarre, but I haven't tried to learn about why they choose them. I like the below/at/above treeline breaks, since it seems more useful.

But none of the presentation matters if the underlying info is weak. We need more data!

the canadian format is far more useful to me.

maybe it's a mac/pc thing, but the canadian format is easier on my eyes, suits my intuition better, is more succinct, and perhaps a better snowpack discussion?

I think parts of both are useful.

How about a combo of the two like the utah avalanche center?
utahavalanchecenter.org/advisory/slc

For a true comparison, you should also check out the Sierra Avalanche Center at www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/advisory and the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center at esavalanche.org/advisory .

I think you'll find that the NWAC is one of the more effective advisory tools out there. Keep in mind that NWAC covers one of the largest forecast areas in the lower 48, and they needed to have one format for all the forecast zones.

In the end, I think it comes to analysis, not just data, and the NW Avalanche Center needs funding to pay its staff, not more remote data sites. The Canadian Avalanche Center is federally funded, and the largest budgeted avalanche program in the world. The Utah Avalanche Center is the best funded avalanche center in the United States, especially when considered on a dollars-per-square-mile-covered. Source: presentation made at the 2011 Northwest Snow and Avalanche Summit, "Comparison of Avalanche Center Funding" (I probably have the presentation title incorrect).

NWAC is facing something like a $75,000.00 budget cut next year, due to federal and state cuts!