Queenstown, New Zealand - The Mountain Safety Council will present an Avalanche Awareness seminar Friday night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Queenstown.

A seminar highlighting avalanche safety will be presented Friday evening in the southern New Zealand ski resort town of Queenstown. (FTO file photo: Bruce Tremper/Utah Avalanche Center)

The seminar is designed to heighten awareness of conditions that lead to avalanche, and what to do in the event of a slide. Emcee Craig Ferguson will moderate the event, highlighted by a presentation from guest speaker Mark Woodward who has recently returned from an expedition up Mount Everest in the Himalaya Mountains of central Asia.

The two-hour event begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 3 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Queenstown. Donations will be accepted to aid the Bruce Grand Youth Trust.