Seattle, WA – On June 30, 2016 the Northwest Avalanche Center announced that Scott Schell will be the new Executive Director of NWAC. Schell was previously the NWAC’s Program Director for the past five years. His new positions begins this month. Congrats on the new job!
The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) is an avalanche forecasting center with the mission to “save lives and reduce the impacts of avalanches on recreation, industry and transportation in the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington and northern Oregon through mountain weather and avalanche forecasting, data collection and education.”
Schell “is a certified AMGA Ski Mountaineering Guide who has guided throughout the US, Alaska, Canada, and Europe. An avid ski mountaineer, Scott brings nearly 20 years of backcountry ski industry experience—as an avalanche instructor and instructor trainer. He is a co-author of the popular backcountry skiing handbook, Backcountry Skiing, Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering.”
Read more about Schell and his new job with NWAC in the press release posted on OutdoorIndustry.org.
