Avalanche Canada launching new Forecasting System
Forecasters will determine the regional boundaries every day. There will no longer be fixed forecast regions or region names.
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MEC Grant Provides AST Courses for BIPOC Organizations
Avalanche Canada recently announced the return of the MEC Avalanche Safety Grant. This grant is aimed at non-profit organizations that serve racialized communities, and will allow more Canadians to safely learn about and access the winter backcountry. Thanks to the generous support of MEC, this grant will fund up to four AST 1 courses this …
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Whistler Blackcomb announces more lift upgrades
Whistler Blackcomb recently announced that two more of its chairlifts are set to be replaced next year: Whistler Mountain's Fitzsimmons Express and Blackcomb's Jersey Cream.
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2022 Summit Bid Supports ACC Leadership Fund
The Leadership Fund allows ACA to continue to set the bar for safe, affordable, and respectful mountain travel and stewardship.
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Feel Real – BLANK Collective Films
For their eighth feature-length, action and personality-packed ski movie, Blank Collective Films opts to not only adhere to that ideal, but to celebrate the moment itself.
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Grant Statham to receive the 2022 Summit of Excellence Award
The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival has announced that Grant Statham is the 2022 recipient of the Summit of Excellence Award.
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TGR’s Magic Hour preview
Magic Hour is not so much a particular time a day as a culmination of powerful moments in some of the most beautiful, wild places on the planet.
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Avalanche Canada Training Courses Online
Avalanche Canada's training courses are online and now is the best time for you to sign up.
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Kye Petersen skiing on Volkl
Kye Peterson deepened his relationship with the Marker Dalbello Völkl Group by adding Volkl skis to his kit!
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La Niña looks to continue into this winter
A mid-August forecast released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) called for La Niña to continue across the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean through at least the early winter months. The CPC wrote in its Aug. 11 discussion that there are better-than-even odds of La Niña continuing through this upcoming winter, which would be the third …
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Avalanche Transceiver Interference and Search Suggestions
This recent study published by the Alpine Club of Canada and the Canadian Avalanche Association provides helpful suggestions
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MSP’s New Ski Movie: Anywhere from Here
As in previous years the film features a large number of BC locations and athletes.
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