Your life and the life of your friend are worth the investment, and modern units are far superior in all other aspects than old single- and dual-antenna units
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There is powder up there. Way up there. But this is a stressed snowpack. Lurking Avalanche Dangers
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After a two year hiatus, the biggest event in backcountry freeskiing is coming to Revelstoke. Fusing the disciplines of backcountry slopestyle, big mountain, cliffs and alpine ski touring, Red Bull Cold Rush is an event like no other. From Feb 3-6, the Red Bull Signature Series event will see a handful of the world’s premier …
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By Jon Turk I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps ……… I look at the world and I notice it’s turning While my guitar gently weeps In the 1968 Beetles “White Album,” these words are followed by one of the most riveting guitar riffs of all …
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Perhaps over-billed as being the "Most insane ski line EVER" Cody Townsend did take home awards for Best Male Performance, Best Line, and Full Throttle
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That electronics can interfere with avalanche transceivers was already known by the more experienced riders. But not every freerider knows that it is not wise to carry for example your cell phone, walkie talkie or GoPro close to your avalanche transceiver. On the ISSW (International Snow Science Workshop) 2014 researchers Ilari Dammert and Erwin Meister …
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This troubled snowpack is not isolated to Golden, be safe and assume it applies to you area.
Read more Tuck in your tail in the Backcountry
A major responsibility of a public avalanche forecaster is to look at the weather forecast and assess how it will impact the snowpack and avalanche activity. Another part of the job is to look at forecast weather and assess how it might tie in with human behaviour. I’ve got some thoughts on this weekend’s avalanche …
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I’ve got at stock tip for you: Move to Valemount.
Read more The Glacier, the Canoe and the sure thing
Pretend someone is willing to bet you $50 that El Niño will not occur
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The proposed Valemount ski resort took a major step forward with the closing of investment towards 30,000 acres of resort land and 7000 vertical feet of skiing, according to people close to the project. Hunter Milborne, nationally recognized as the “Dean of Condos” by Canadian Business Magazine, and Robert Powadiuk, a Toronto-based commercial real estate …
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The following photos were taken on Tuesday, November 11 on Eagle Pass Mountain in the Monashees near Revelstoke.
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