MCR Updates

Hello Mountain Conditions Friends…

Since its inception the purpose of the Mountain Conditions Report is to provide professional mountain conditions information to the public, to assist recreational outdoors people in making reasonable, informed decisions in the field. To date, 2,450 field observations from trained and certified ACMG members who have recently traversed a specific mountain area have been shared publicly. The ACMG's original concept of information sharing with the public was enhanced by our fantastic partnership with Arc'teryx, who put some huge resources into developing the platform and continue to support the initiative. The ACMG with the design and development support of VentureWeb will now take on the management and the administration of the MCR as well as steer its future evolution.

We are excited to describe the next phase in the evolution of the Mountain Conditions Reporting program. As always, all reports will continue to be prepared and submitted on a volunteer basis by ACMG members who are committed to our mandate of protecting the public interest. The MCR will now feature:

Sign up and receive!

From now on MCR users will be able to sign up to receive reports directly to their email inbox. Subscribers can choose to receive reports from a specific region or activity and only reports relevant to their choice. At any time users can amend and edit their individual preferences accordingly.

New regional specific reporting

MCR users will now be able to view and subscribe to field reports from specific mountain regions. As always, regional summaries will deliver any area wide reporting. Users will be able to choose from the following regions:

• Vancouver Island (Strathcona Provincial Park, includes Gulf Islands)
• BC South Coast (Sea to Sky, Coquihalla, & south of Hwy 20 (Bella Coola to Williams Lake))
• Northern Territories (East Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, Baffin)
• Yukon West (BC/YT border and north, including St. Elias, Dawson Ck, and Tombstones)
• BC North Coast (North of Highway 20 to the BC/YT border)
• BC South Interior (Okanagan, Columbia Valley, Kamloops, Blue River, Valemount)
• BC Central Interior (Cariboo and Prince George surrounds)
• BC North Interior (Cassiar Mountains)
• Rockies South (Mt. Columbia south to AB/US border)
• Rockies North (North of Mt. Columbia to the BC/YT border)
• Other (Rest of Canada - Prairies, Ontario, Quebec & Maritimes)
• International (USA, Europe, Russia etc...)

New activity specific

If you are only interested in climbing, or a couple of specific activities, then you can now view and receive (by email) only those posts relevant to your chosen activity or activities. The MCR allows user to receive reports for the following activities:

• Climbing Conditions
• Ski Conditions
• Avalanche Conditions
• Trail Conditions
• Incident Reports
• Access
• Wildlife Alerts

Enhanced mobile experience

The new look MCR has been upgraded and optimized for mobile and tablet users. Retiring the App, and putting new investment into a mobile web platform has allowed us to focus resources on new features and enhancements as we move forwards.

Make sure you sign up and receive MCR posts and regional summaries directly to your inbox.

We welcome constructive feedback and opinion on how we can continue to improve the quality and spread of good information to the public.

Thanks,

The ACMG MCR Committee

With support from:
Arc'teryx
VentureWeb


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