Mountain Safety Collective is excited to be joining our friends at the Banff Mountain Film Festival (Australia) as their movies tour cinemas around Australia from early May.
MSC welcomes Mammut as our official avalanche safety equipment partner
Take any avalanche safety course and there’s one transceiver that the instructors are invariably using - the Mammut Barryvox. Ask them why and the answer is usually something like “If I’m trusting my own or my friend’s lives on a piece of avalanche safety gear, I want to know I’ve got the best”. Go into the draw to win one yourself by signing up for MSC’s membership drive.
Join MSC at the 2022 Alpine Education Series
Coinciding with MSC’s annual membership drive, the Alpine Education Series is the perfect place to sharpen your skills before winter. Designed for beginners and veterans alike, join us for drinks as we unpack backcountry etiquette and safety, avalanche forecasting and essential gear for your next touring trip. Complete with film screenings to keep the stoke high!
Loving the Snow Life podcast talks backcountry safety with Craig Sheppard
Lead Forecaster, Craig Sheppard, discusses his history as an avalanche professional in Canada before relocating to Australia and getting involved with Mountain Safety Collective. Interested in how MSC compile snowpack data and produce daily Backcountry Conditions Reports throughout the season? Listen to the Loving the Snowlife podcast!
CAA Avalanche Operations Level 1 - Course Overview
Winter 2021 saw Mountain Safety Collective (MSC) start a program of paid professional field observations by two of our well-credentialed members, Luka Szczepanik and Kyle Boys. Kyle is certified under the NZ Avalanche Risk Management (Level 5) course and Luka completed the Canadian Avalanche Association’s Avalanche Operations (Level 1).
Arc'teryx provides big benefits for MSC Members
As part of the Acr’teryx Signature Sponsorship of Mountain Safety Collective, MSC members will receive some significant benefits when they join and renew.
October 2021 Newsletter & AGM Wrap
The 2021 AGM on 12 October coincided with the end of the Sydney lockdown - we are grateful to those who were prepared to spend their newfound freedom back on Zoom
Mountain Safety Collective - Annual General Meeting 2021
Watch the AGM recording above, or download the slides.
Mountain Safety Collective welcomes Arc’teryx as our Signature Sponsor
Mountain Safety Collective (MSC) has always enjoyed close collaboration with Arc’teryx, but until now it’s been pretty casual, kinda like a couple of old friends hanging out for a day in the mountains. But today, we’re very pleased to announce that the relationship has matured to the point we can welcome Arc’teryx as our official Signature Sponsor, and in the same breath, the founding partner in MSC’s new sponsorship program!
Australia’s first Avalanche Training Centre opens at Mount Hotham
If you’ve been to a major resort with serious backcountry overseas, chances are you’ve seen or used an Avalanche Training Centre (ATC). With over 60 ATC’s in the European Alps the Mountain Safety Collective managed to install the first one in the Southern Hemisphere this winter at Mount Hotham.