The La Traviata avalanche, that happened on January 20th 2003, took the lives of seven individuals: Craig Kelly, Vern Lunsford, Dave Finnerty, Dennis Yates, Kathy (Polucha) Kessler, Naomi Heffler, and Jean-luc Schwendener.
Read more The Grace of Learning
Reflections of a Mountain Guide Survivor, twenty years later and a similar snowpack
Read more Surviving My Survival of La Traviata
Avalanches that occur during periods of cooling are important because they can surprise people.
Read more Cooling Off: The Relationship Between Cooling and Avalanches
Avalanche Canada is reporting that the snowpack is spooky for much of Western Canada.
Read more Avalanche Canada: The Persisting Problem
One day while skiing with Greg Hill he said “expect the unexpected”. Wise words Greg.
Read more Dougie Climb a Tree!
Avalanche Canada has issued a Special Public Avalanche Warning (SPAW) in effect for December 28 until the end of Monday, January 2. The SPAW region includes most of BC’s Columbia Mountains, Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks, as well as the Northern Rockies. It now also includes Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper National Parks. The …
Read more Special Public Avalanche Warning
A feature length documentary based on the events and circumstances surrounding the 1982 avalanche in Alpine Meadows, CA.
Read more Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
Operation PALACI is Canadian Armed Forces support for the Parks Canada program to control avalanches in Rogers Pass
Read more Rogers Pass Operation PALACI
It lurks deep within the snowpack all winter, barely changing but well hidden, waking up then going back to sleep.
Read more The deep persistent slab is the Apex Predator of Avalanches
Avalanche Canada has advised that a reactive slab has formed throughout the interior creating dangerous avalanche conditions.
Read more Avalanche Canada: Managing a Persistent Slab
With new snow covering the tracks, a decision has been made to reopen Macdonald West Winter Prohibited Area.
Read more Know the Winter Permit Area boundaries – UPDATED
A persistent weak layer is making problematic conditions in the BC Interior.
Read more Persistent Weak Layer in Interior
