In these days we received a few updates about FIPS 19th Congress. It moved to Big White Ski Resort and registration with guaranteed space will be open unti Dec., 31st 2013 as long as Space permits. To summarize all, we remind to all attendees the dates. Ski patrol from...
Theory documents for education about avalanches
Our friend Marc Z. from Switzerland let us know about an important finding he did while reading the web. Marc found in this page hosted in Manuel Genswein’s web site some papers about avalanches available to download. All of us who took part to the 2009 FIPS Congress in...
NSP 75th anniversary. A long road
In these days our friends in NSP are celebrating their 75th anniversary: what a goal, what an achievement! To learn a little more about this great team, we invite you to visit their web site: www.nsp.org and particularly take a look at the 75th anniversary section, here. We attach...
ICSS-International Congress on Science and Skiing 2013
FIPS’ Board received from Mr. Erich Müller -President of the 6th International Congress on Science and Skiing- the invitation to join him and all the members of ICSS at the 6th International Congress on Science and Skiing. The congress will be held at St. Christoph am Arlberg, Austria, from...
Kees Brenninkmeyer Foundation
Take a look… www.keesbfoundation.org Recently this group has contacted NSPS and their representatives were so kind to share the news with us. In their e-mail they say. Please know I have asked them for lots of info and clarifications andhave been satisfied that FIPS should pass this information along...
ABS Avalanche Aribag presentation
Mr. Nicolas Navez joined FIPS meeting in Chatel and run a session presenting their safety device designed to prevent off piste skiers being buried in avalanches. Many FIPS’m member asked to receive his presentation’s handout and he kindly let us have it. Here follow his words and the link.
Good news from France
FIPS’ President let us know a good news about our friend and FIPS’ member Jean-Louis: We have just received news from Jean-Louis TUAILLON that he has been chosen as “mountain director à Rosa Khutor (station en dessus de Sotchi où auront lieu toutes les épreuves alpines des prochains JO...
