Avalanche Awareness Days!

Avalanche Awareness Days are on, check to see if there is an Avalanche Awareness Days event near you!

Avalanche Awareness Days is a celebration of our winter heritage, an opportunity to learn more about our winter environment, and a way to build awareness of backcountry safety. It is a grassroots event, where local organizations such as ski resorts, snowmobile clubs, BC Parks, Parks Canada, search and rescue groups, and others host avalanche awareness activities in their area.

Here are the events currently scheduled:

BC Parks – Sea to Sky: Jan. 15-16

BC Parks – N. Shore (Mt. Seymour and Cypress): Jan. 15-16

Apex Ski Resort: Jan. 22, Avalanche Awareness Fundraiser

Fernie Snowmobile Association: Jan. 22. Event details.

Golden Snowmobile Club: Jan. 29-30. Quartz Creek, Jan. 29: BBQ, Beacon Basin search and prizes. All areas (Quartz, Gorman, Silent (Jan. 29/30) – show proof of an AST course and you get $5 off your day pass.

Kananaskis Country: Jan. 16. Event details.

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort: Jan. 8-9. Event details.

Kimberley Alpine Resort: Jan. 15. Event details.

Lake Louise Ski Resort: Jan. 15-16. Event details.

Mount Washington Alpine Resort: Jan. 15. Event details.

Red Mountain Resort/Rossland SAR: Jan. 15. Event details.