Sunny Ways – Avalanche Canada
“Don’t take storm snow for granted, especially when the sun comes out.”
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Category: Avalanche
BC Coroners and Avalanche Canada stress safety
the airbags were ineffective in this case because the victims were in a gully at the bottom of a slope
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Charged for Setting off Avalanche?
Mares, 29, a professional snowboarder from Lake Tahoe, contends he is innocent and that he didn’t put anyone else in danger.
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Avalanche update: Take It Easy
The Mountain Weather Forecast headline this morning was all about “Pineapple Express Light” heading for the south coast. Is a warm, wet, and windy storm good news or bad news? The mountains are beautiful. Maybe because we can’t always go amongst them on our terms. In the Sea-to-sky region it looks like stormy weather will …
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High Pressure + Low Hazard = Skiing!
Skiing Golden post the latest conditions and create a startling lifestyle equation: High Pressure + Low Hazard = Skiing!
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Avalanche Warning
Avalanche Canada has posted an avalanche warning for backcountry users about the danger for potentially deadly slides in British Columbia's central Columbia mountains.
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Buried alive in powder
This December a snowboarder riding at Kicking Horse fell into a tree well where he was trapped for five hours, buried alive in powder
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Join Avalanche Canada
If you or anyone you love uses any Avalanche Canada products or services, please consider becoming a member. Avalanche Canada is a non-profit, non-government organization dedicated to public avalanche safety, and they’re passionate about recreating in our amazing winter backcountry. With your $40 membership, you will receive: • A sticker pack announcing you are a …
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How To Tame Your Avalanche Dragon
Over the last ten years there have been fantastic advances in the field of avalanche safety through research and technical development. Additions made to snow stability evaluations like ‘fracture character’ during the ‘compression test’ deepen our awareness of what is happening with the snow. There have also been the development terrain assessment tools, which help …
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Know Before You Go
The Know Before You Go avalanche awareness program will get you started down the path of learning the language of the mountains and becoming a better and safer rider.
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Wayne Flann caught in avalanche
you try hard to negate the risk and you try hard to do what you've been trained to do, (but unfortunately) you can still mess up. Accidents happen
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Grant Statham on Ted discussing risk
His presentation provides a framework that will will help us live our lives and deal with risk, probability, consequence, exposure and vulnerability, and how we deal with uncertainty.
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