Avalanche Danger Very High
Skiers both in backcountry and in-bounds areas are advised to use extreme caution this week as the avalanche danger soars.
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Month: December 2011
La Nina Holidaying in Terrace
La Nina spent the holidays here at her home in Terrace. Over the past 4 days she blessed them with well over 1.5m of new snow and it’s deep up there!
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Stay Safe This Christmas
If you want to ride safely over the Christmas holidays, you’ll need to do some work to get a handle on conditions
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Bad Snow at Christmas Time
I reminisce, not necessarily because it is Christmas, but because Moolynaut died a few weeks ago.
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Shames: My Mountain Co-Op
Shames Mountain, the 'little ski area that rocks', tucked away near Terrace BC, is up for sale. The asking price? A cool $1.5 million.
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Rest in Powder
Rest in Powder is an independent snow film about a group of friends from the Kootenays. In the film they are skiing and snowboarding in their favorite zones, in the mountains, in powder. The film is a visual narrative of snow experiences. It draws influence from our favorite aspects of rockstar and soulful sports films …
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Bruce Jamieson’s Avalanche Research Saving Lives
Understanding why, how and when avalanches are likely to occur is critical to keeping people safe in Canada’s mountains. Communicating safety tips and risk updates to skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers is essential to saving lives.
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Life in a Ski Town
So I prepared a thinly disguised version of Dr. Timothy Leary’s “Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out” mantra of the hippie era.
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Mount Cain Opening Day Dec 10
Mount Cain will be opening this Saturday December 10th. They have a 140cm mid mountain base with good early season conditions.
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Backcountry Avalanche Burial and Rescue
The following backcountry avalanche burial and rescue happened in 2008 in Alaska and the story is told by Skippy.
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Revelstokes Much Anticipated Opening
What a great opening day at Revelstoke with super conditions and amazing weather!
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