Avalanche Fatality in Banff
Trevor Sexsmith, a very experienced and tallented backcountry skier, died after being swept off a cliff by an avalanche on Mount Victoria in Banff National Park.
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Category: Avalanche
Know Before You Go
Know Before You Go is a great avalanche safety refresh film to watch before the start of the powder season.
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Wolverine Avalanche Rescue
Watch Jasper the avalanche Wolverine rescues an avalanche victim, is this the future of avalanche rescue? Jasper is an orphaned wolverine raised by humans. Casey gets buried in a snowdrift… only to get pulled out by a tenacious wolverine.
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Avalanche Lab
You see an avalanche, you ski over to the crown and pull out your iPhone. You snap a photo, measure the slope angle and aspect, then record a crown profile, all on your phone. As you ski down the path, you use your phone as GPS to map the slide. When you get to the …
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Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose: In the Avalanche Patch
"Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose: In the Avalanche Patch by Bruce Kay" Book Review
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Avalanche Canada Spring Icon
This icon conveys the variable nature of avalanche danger at this time of year.
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Avalanche Canada Special Warning
Given that many slopes have yet to see a full-blown warm up we are predicting a widespread and varied array of avalanche problems this week including cornice failures, surface-layer avalanches, and failure on deeper persistent weak layers
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Avalanche Canada Backcountry Warning
Avalanche Canada warns backcountry users to be careful this weekend.
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Avalanche Airbag Survivor
Occasionally good judgement is clouded by factors including business objectives and self esteem.
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Jasper skier swims class 3 avalanche
It all happened in a split second, but once it started it was already too late. One of Jasper’s most experienced mountaineers was at the mercy of Mother Nature as he was swallowed up in a class three avalanche of snow, ice and debris in the Tonquin Valley Feb. 28. Not knowing which way was …
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Knowing when to Dig
I like to start a day of touring with an innocent sounding question; “Anyone know what the hazard is rated today?”
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13 skiers trigger Avalanche at GAH
An avalanche at Golden Alpine Holidays this Sunday morning was triggered by a group of 13 skiers in a self-guided ski touring group
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