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Avalanche Canada Launches National Fatal Avalanche Incidents Database

Avalanche Canada has launched a comprehensive online database documenting every known avalanche fatality in Canada since 1782. The new Fatal Avalanche Incidents database provides unprecedented access to the nation’s avalanche history, providing valuable insights to improve public safety, education, and research, while honouring the lives lost to avalanches over the past two and a half …
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Canadian Holiday Powder Gift Ideas 2025

We’re excited to share PowderCanada’s Canadian Holiday Powder Gift Ideas — our annual guide to the most trusted, field-tested gear for powder lovers and backcountry explorers. This year, we’re putting the spotlight firmly on Canadian brands that are leading innovation in skis, outer wear, base layers, fat bikes, and winter lifestyle essentials. These products are …
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Whistler Blackcomb to Replace Showcase T-Bar with New Chairlift in 2026

Vail Resorts has announced a major lift upgrade for Whistler Blackcomb, confirming plans to replace the aging Showcase T-Bar with a new fixed-grip chairlift for the 2026–27 season, pending government approval. The Showcase T-Bar, installed in 1988, has long been a gateway to high-alpine terrain on the upper Horstman Glacier. Once a workhorse operating through …
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Why Zincton Resort Matters: A New Model for Communities

One week after Wildsight launched a legal challenge to force Zincton Resort into a full environmental assessment, founder David Harley delivered a blunt message: if the court challenge succeeds, Zincton is done. The reaction underscored what has long been true in the Selkirks: this debate isn’t just about process. It’s about the future of rural …
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Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada

Legendary mountain photographer and adventurer Pat Morrow is helping introduce Mountain Voices, a new book from the University of Calgary Press that brings Canada’s alpine landscapes to life through fifty short essays paired with historic repeat photographs from the Mountain Legacy Project. Morrow describes the collection as “essays from folks who truly live and breathe …
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Avalanche Canada Releases First Forecasts of the Winter

Avalanche Canada has released its first avalanche forecasts of the 2025-26 winter, marking the official start to the season for backcountry users across the country. As always in early winter, data is limited and confidence levels are low, making careful terrain choices and firsthand observations more important than ever. The organization urges anyone heading into …
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Pacific Group Resorts Acquires SilverStar Mountain Resort

Pacific Group Resorts (PGR) has officially acquired SilverStar Mountain Resort in Vernon, adding one of Canada’s largest family ski areas to its growing North American portfolio. The deal marks PGR’s third major acquisition in recent years, following Powderhorn Mountain Resort in Colorado earlier in 2025 and Jay Peak Resort in Vermont in 2022. With SilverStar …
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Northern Escape Heli-Skiing Extends Its Reign

Northern Escape Heli-Skiing has done it again. For the fourth straight year, the Terrace-based operator has been voted World’s Best Heli-Ski Operator, a streak that now places it firmly at the top of the global heli-ski landscape. But the story isn’t just about deep snow and big terrain—it’s about how the industry’s leaders are earning …
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Two Skier-Triggered Avalanches in Southeastern British Columbia

There were two backcountry skier-triggered avalanches in southeastern British Columbia over the weekend, one of which carried a skier over a steep, rocky cliff in the Balu Pass area of Glacier National Park. The incidents occurred just days before the Rogers Pass Winter Permit System takes effect for the 2025–26 season. At Balu Pass, a …
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Powder Renegade for Sale: Calling All Powder Addicts with Cash

Powder Renegade Catskiing — one of BC’s most ambitious new backcountry projects — is officially on the market. If you’ve ever skied deep in the Monashees and thought, “I could live here forever,” here’s your shot. Perched high in the Southern Monashees at 1,951 metres (6,400 feet), this remote, ski-in/ski-out lodge is just a 25-minute …
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Rogers Pass Winter Permit Changes Announced for 2025/26 Season

Rogers Pass Winter Permit changes have been announced by Parks Canada ahead of the 2025/26 ski touring season, bringing new rules, facility updates, and an early-season closure for artillery testing. From November 6–9, 2025, the East Rogers area will be closed while Parks Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces conduct a verification shoot — a …
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