Help shape new sled specific avy safety tools! Survey with prizes!

[Zacs]

Can you help us with a snowmobile specific research initiative?

In collaboration with the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC), a research team at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver is currently conducting an online survey on mountain snowmobiling and avalanche awareness.
The goal of the research team is to gather information on how mountain riders perceive avalanche hazard and how we decide where to ride.

:d The results of this study will lead to tools and services that better support our sled community. :d

While there are occasional references to the Canadian Avalanche Centre, this survey is geared to mountain snowmobilers in general and riders from other countries can simply substitute in their local forecast organizations as appropriate.

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Simply click on ‘Create personal survey account’ to start.

As a token of appreciation, participants who complete the survey before May 30 will be entered in a draw for one of five two-night stays at a popular BC snowmobile destination. Curious about which towns/hotels were selected?
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Thanks for your ongoing support of avy safety! We are making a difference!!

 

[puddle]

I took the survey. It's easy and I know it will make a difference. The info given is invaluable to CAC and SFU.
Cheers

 

[Summitric]

Cannot open the survey here on the work computers.............?????????? Will try tonite at home

 

[snopro]

Just completed the survey. Very thorough survey.

 

[frock]

Done, thanks Zacs.

 

[thunder44]

I just completed the survey. Very interesting questions.

 

[BirdieO]

This is so fantastic that such a survey has been developed specifically for Mountain Sledders...we really do need to take FULL advantage of it and spread the word throughout our networks!! Kevin took it this morning, it is very thorough and interesting...I'll be doing it later this evening!!

If you're on Facebook, Lori has the link on her profile as well...share it with your FB peeps and get this thing circulating...the only way the CAC and SFU will be able to compile effective/accurate results is if they get a huge cross section of responses...which means better ways to educate our sledding community.

Thank You Lori & Zacs for all you do to help educate and keep us all safe

 

[~Rowdy~]

Great survey! Done and done!

 

[OOC ZigZag]

Done. Thats serious survey .

 

[maxwell]

yes i like to party

 

[d mills]

Finished.........very thorough......asked for everything but a blood/urine sample.

 

[Murminator]

Done.....

 

[gibsons]

mission complete. interesting survey.

 

[TROLLCAT]

$679,000 federal grant money to the Canadian Avalanche Centre to ensure that snowmobilers have the same level of safety education as the backcountry plankers have been getting for decades

read this in Snowtech march 2012


play safe thats what Trashy says

 

[rsaint]

Done hope I passed.

 

[tex78]

Done but the last questions with pics the pics wouldn't come up.


So I acdc 'd it

Hope I passed too
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[catinthehat]

Just finished the survey- shoulda studied harder. Tough questions for an old guy.

 

[snoqueen]

Wow. Very thorough survey! Done!

 

[dirtball08]

Just finished. 30 min is pretty accurate, especially for me.

 

[modmanmike]

did the survey. one thing that struck me as strange is that in all of that they never asked once whether or not we had spouses or children. i know that many peoples decision making process and outlook on safety in the mountains changes quite a bit after becoming a parent or spouse. I just think it might help them to understand why certain people think of things a certain way.

I do realize that nobody wants to die in an avalanche but I have had many friends that thought nothing would ever happen to them in the mountains and as soon as they had wives and children they were all about getting the proper gear and training to be out in the backcountry.
Does anybody else feel this way? Or is it just me?