Special Public Avalanche Warning
This special warning is in effect immediately and will apply through the end of Monday, May 1.
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Category: Avalanche
Avalanche Danger will increase with rising temperatures
We're starting a period of significant warming that is going to destabilize the snowpack. Expect elevated avalanche dangers as the temperatures rise.
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Catalyst Guilt
Written By Kenneth Wylie We have words to decribe one of the challenges of surviving a catastrophe. We call it survivor’s guilt. In instances of a catastrophe that happened to a group of people, like victims of a natural disaster or passengers in an airplane crash, this name describes the feelings a survivor may have …
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Late Season Powder is Coming
A series of powder dumps will continue to blanket higher elevations over the coming weekend with significant accumulation across most major mountain regions.
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Step into Spring
Step into Spring with the Avalanche Canada Foundation’s latest fundraiser! Get your prize draw tickets today for the chance to win a Black Diamond ski set up, a transceiver, or poles! Spruce up your spring touring with a brand new set up from Black Diamond! Prize draw tickets are $20 and there are only 500 …
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Three Avalanche Incidents in Duffy Lake Area
All three groups were skiing unsupported slopes and were fortunate that their buried skiers survived.
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Avalanche Canada: Deep Persistent Slab Not Going Away
This year’s avalanche season is plagued by a deeply buried weak layer across much of western Canada, making it one of the most difficult snowpacks to safely manage in decades.
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Heli Skiing Avalanche kills three
Columbia Valley RCMP now confirm that three skiers were killed and four were injured.
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Two Avalanche Deaths outside Kicking Horse boundary
Avalanche Canada reported that they are deeply saddened to learn that two people were killed in an avalanche accident.
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Chilcotin Avalanche Deaths
The two skiers accessed the east-facing slope of Potato Peak on snowmobiles and were skiing when they were fully buried by the avalanche.
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International Ski Patrol Day
Andy Burgess production "The Daily Life of Ski Patrollers" really tells their story.
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CMH Heli Skiing Avalanche Tragedy
An avalanche at near Mount McCrea, just south of Revelstoke, has claimed the lives of two guests, and a ski guide who was also caught in the slide remains in critical condition.
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