Leveraging Digital Mapping Tools for Planning and Communication: Using CalTopo for winter backcountry travel and avalanche forecasting. Meghan Twohig, CalTopo Training and Support, USAW 2020, summarized by Jeremy Collett

CalTopo is a dynamic, digital mapping program that allows you to integrate multiple layers of mapping information and bring it with you into the backcountry using the CalTopo app. In her presentation, Leveraging Digital Mapping Tools for Planning and Communication: Using CalTopo for winter backcountry travel and avalanche forecasting, Megan Twohig from CalTopo dives into some of the application's features. Watch her presentation below to learn more about how to use layers, overlays, and mapping tools to evaluate terrain conditions and plan a route, utilize the mobile app to follow your plan and record field observations, and share and collaborate on maps.