Become a member of Adk Avy!
By becoming a member of the Adirondack Community Avalanche Project you are contributing to the success of our mission: to increase awareness of avalanche hazards in the Adirondacks and share snowpack, avalanche, and weather observations to help our community mitigate the risks of winter recreation.
When you become a member you demonstrate your support for our organization to land managers, partners, and the community.
Your one time, or recurring annual membership fee goes directly toward projects that increase our avalanche awareness and preparedness in the High Peaks. We use these funds to host free and reduced cost avalanche education events, and to communicate information to the public that helps them make good decisions in the mountains.
This year TREW Gear has generously donated a full kit (bibs or pants and jacket) to one lucky member! Become a member before January 1st, 2025 and you will be automatically entered to win! You can choose any kit you want, but if you want the best backcountry tailored kit out there go with the Capow!
Individual Membership $25 - Family Membership $50
Make a one time Donation
Don’t want to become a member, but still want to support the project? Great!
Your donation will go to continuing the work of this project. You can help us dream big and develop the future of avalanche safety in the Adirondacks. There are real humans running this on an entirely volunteer basis who would greatly appreciate your support.
Meet The Team
Your friendly neighborhood backcountry enthusiasts providing you with a community hub to share observations.
Caitlin Kelly
On a good day in the Adirondacks, there is nowhere else in the world Caitlin would rather be skiing.
In 2014 she took her AIARE 1 course in the Tetons with St. Lawrence University. There she earned course credit and a deep love for snow science, backcountry travel, and powder skiing. After graduating she put down roots in the Adirondacks, while also traveling the west in the winter to ski and test gear with Powder Magazine.
She has been on the Whiteface Mountain Ski Patrol for 3 seasons, while also working with other patrollers to assess snowpack and safety on the mountain's slide terrain. She has multiple years of experience working on public lands, and is also a freelance writer, with work appearing in Powder, Freeskier, The Ski Journal, and other local magazines.
She currently holds her AIARE Avalanche 1, AIARE Companion Rescue, and WFR Certification
Nate Trachte
A transplant to the Adirondacks, Nate moved to Lake Placid in 2008 to attend National Sports Academy as an alpine ski racer. Although he was not born in the 'Dacks, his passion for winter began at Whiteface Mountain's Kids Campus, where he first got on skis right around the time he began to walk.
After graduating high school he attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Living in the San Juan Mountains he fell in love with human powered skiing, and has been backcountry skiing since 2013. After leaving Colorado he went on to obtain a Master's Degree in Environmental Education from Western Washington University and the North Cascades Institute.
In 2019 he came back to the Adirondacks to work as a place based environmental educator. He is passionate about getting young people outside and helping them build skills as outdoor leaders. When he is not in the field teaching you can find him, rediscovering his home mountain range on skis, a bike, or in a canoe.
Nate has completed his AIARE Avalanche 1, AIARE Companion Rescue, NSP Avalanche Level 1 for Rescue Personnel, and Wilderness First Responder certifications.