Karl Birkeland's guest appearances

Karl Birkeland

The Avalanche Hour Podcast

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Bozeman has played a prominent role in avalanche safety in the United States.   Before working for the National Avalanche Center Karl Birkeland founded the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center in 1990. Avalanches kill more people on Forest Service Lands than any other natural hazard. Bozeman is the place where we have people not only doing active avalanche research, we also have the National Avalanche Center, we have the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, Big Sky, Bridger, Yellowstone Club, all of us also coordinate with some of the other ski areas in our area. For an area of strong academics and practitioners, there’s nothing quite like Bozeman.  -Karl Birkeland National Avalanche Center, Director, Forest Service

<h2>Bozeman has played a prominent role in avalanche safety in the United States.  </h2> <h2>Before working for the National Avalanche Center Karl Birkeland founded the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center in 1990.</h2> <blockquote>Avalanches kill more people on Forest Service Lands than any other natural hazard.<br/> Bozeman is the place where we have people not only doing active avalanche research, we also have the National Avalanche Center, we have the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, Big Sky, Bridger, Yellowstone Club, all of us also coordinate with some of the other ski areas in our area.<br/> For an area of strong academics and practitioners, there’s nothing quite like Bozeman.<br/> </blockquote> -Karl Birkeland National Avalanche Center, Director, Forest Service

Karl Birkeland - National Avalanche Center, Director, United States Forest Service

In this episode, we sit down with Karl Birkeland.  Karl is the director of the National Avalanche Center and adjunct professor for Montana State University's Snow Science program.  Karl has found a balance as a researcher, educator, and practitioner.  We talk to Karl about the history and evolution of snowpack tests, and he gives us some insight about where he thinks these tests might move in the future.  Karl then shares some formative experiences that he has had with avalanches- that have helped shaped his career path.  Enjoy!

The Avalanche Hour Podcast 2.8 Karl Birkeland