Moderate is NOT the new Low
In recent years there has been an increase in the backcountry use in avalanche terrain in winter, particularly in March.
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Ian McIntosh joins Backcountry.com pro team
Kootenay pro freeskier Ian McIntosh is a hard-charging specimen of brute strength, raw talent, and pure style. Today, Backcountry.com, online specialty retailer of premium outdoor gear, welcomes McIntosh to their 34-member Pro Team. No slouch to slashing turns on steep powder faces, electrifying crowds at comps, or bringing his A-game for the camera, McIntosh joins …
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Spring Danger Ratings
Every year it seems there's a debate of what to call the avalanche danger in the public bulletin when true spring conditions have arrived.
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Paleo-Bodies
In a normal year, I’d still be skiing, but instead I am in Grand Junction, Colorado with my wife, Nina, being her buddy as she prepares for back surgery.
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The Hans Gmoser Film Preservation Project
Old mountain films get a new life
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Skiing Alone
I never claimed to be smart. Lucky, perhaps. Still alive, for certain.
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Throttle Back – Forecasters Bulletin
If you're heading into the mountains this weekend, go cautiously and watch for the possibility of human-triggered avalanches.
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Whistler’s Air Jordan lemmings
They soon saw a skier doing a backflip off the bottom of Jordan, and then a skier in a red suit comes flying through the air like he was just shot out of a cannon, all sideways
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Two skier deaths in recent storm cycle
It has been an exceptional year with only one Canadian avalanche death this year—until last week.
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Wolves and Wolverines
Most of the people who read this article are WEIRD. You and I were born that way.
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Forecasters Blog – Play Safe out there
It's not the weekend to go out and recklessly charge up (or down) the biggest slope on the mountain
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Northern Escape needs your Help
The bar has been a great success and is up for a new name and they'd like your help!
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