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With“What’s up, PowderGuide?”, we want to create a regular and transparent dialogue. Here, you’ll find out what changes are coming, what ideas we’re exploring, and how we’re acting on your feedback. We’re thinking about how we can shape and fund PowderGuide for the long term.
Some decisions have already been made, but by no means is everything set in stone; other aspects we want to develop (further) with your ideas. We’d like to share open questions with you, shape the future of PowderGuide together, and incorporate your wishes as best we can!
PowderGuide: Where Did We Come From, and Where Are We Headed?
Those of you who have been following the project for over 20 years know where we’ve come from. PowderGuide was founded before the turn of the millennium and first became publicly known in 2000 with a book on avalanche risk management.
The basic idea was to provide useful information for your next freeride trip or for better and safer tour planning—as well as to raise awareness about alpine hazards—through books, other print products (the avalanche checklist!), and the website.
We’ve always seen ourselves as an educational medium and have always wanted to avoid any paywalls for our readers. After all, that was the original idea behind the World Wide Web—where we established a presence quite early on—and apparently, we’ve kind of stuck with it ever since.
