![]() ![]() This heavy emphasis on preplanning thatthe CalTopo–Avenza combination entails is precisely why it is so often used in outdoor learning environments such as avalanche courses. At home, that skier probably also consulted some combination of print guidebooks, the internet, a localavalanche forecast, and several buddies on a group text about the next day’s plan. Even the millennial or generation Xer who doesn’t mind opening Avenza during, say, a ski tour that requires a tricky cliff pass to exit a summit snowfield has done the heavy lifting at home while making a trail plan with CalTopo on the computer. ![]() Pulling geospatial PDFs from CalTopo to reference in the field with Avenza is, in effect, just an updating of the “create a map online, print it for reference” system that still survives, especially among those of a certain generation who aren’t averse to using their desktops for research and would rather not pull their phones out for navigational purposes onceon the trails. ![]()
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