Exploring avalanche forecasts 2014-01-23Avalanche Forecaster Joe Lammers (center) holds sway as he answers questions from some of the many people who attended an open house at the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Forecasting Office at 101A Second Street East on Thursday, January 23. Lammers and his colleagues produce regular avalanche forecasts that are key pieces of information for the thousands of snowmobilers, skiers snowboarders and others who frequent the winter-clad mountains of British Columbia, Alberta and the Yukon. David F. Rooney photo