Betting on Snow Predictions
Pretend someone is willing to bet you $50 that El Niño will not occur
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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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Jumbo's Mayor Greg Deck would like to see many more lobster skiing Jumbo along with European and Asian consumers
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Chatter Creek is delighted to announce that “silver is the new yellow” this winter! Chatter Creek has three brand new snowcats. The new cats are Prinoth BR 350 and they come with new improved passenger cabs. The shiny snowcats have just arrived and are getting prepped with all the needed accessories for catskiing before going …
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Avalanche Engineers is the story of two scientists who delve deep into the mysteries of the snowpack to find out how a snowflake becomes an avalanche
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Opening day is fast approaching and that means it’s time to stop procrastinating and start getting physically ready for the upcoming season.
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Whistler Blackcomb continues to accumulate snow in the alpine and now boasts a two metre base. The base at Rendezvous Lodge is one meter and looking optimistic for an early opening. As expected with a two meter base, the snow was most excellent!
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The heli-footage of Ken Block driving a F-150 raptorTRAX climbing the snow-cat roads at Baldface Lodge and descending some low angle powder is entertaining.
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Wayne Flann’s Whistler Avalanche Blog shares topics on Avalanches in Whistler, the Sea to Sky Corridor and around the Globe. If you are a frequent skier, rider, heli-dropper or sledder who frequents any part of the Sea to Sky backcountry, this is the man you should be listening too when it comes to your safety. …
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Last week freestyle skiing pioneer Sarah Burke was inducted into the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame. Sarah’s accomplishments as an athlete and a builder in freestyle skiing earned her the induction to the Hall of Fame. Sarah’s story is well known – a pioneer in the halfpipe, the first female to land a 720, 900 …
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Western Canada, and in particular British Columbia, is the most densely populated heli and cat skiing area on the globe. With its majestic coastal ranges rising out of ocean in the west, to the rocky mountains connecting Canada to Colorado in the south, with its incredible ability to produce large amounts of snowfall. These combinations, …
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