Coast Mountain Powder Alert
This week alone Northern Escape is expecting 234cm (92 inches) and more is coming.
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Category: Avalanche
Bruce Edgerly on the The Powell Movement
This is the ski version of the Steve Jobs story but with a lot more personality. Steve Christie asks Inappropriate Questions, and they are awesome.
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Skier triggered Avalanche Animation
Avalanche guru Bruce Jamieson created this animation for avalanche educators at the Colorado Snow Avalanche Workshop who requested an animation of human triggering.
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Avalanche Canada launching new Forecasting System
Forecasters will determine the regional boundaries every day. There will no longer be fixed forecast regions or region names.
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MEC Grant Provides AST Courses for BIPOC Organizations
Avalanche Canada recently announced the return of the MEC Avalanche Safety Grant. This grant is aimed at non-profit organizations that serve racialized communities, and will allow more Canadians to safely learn about and access the winter backcountry. Thanks to the generous support of MEC, this grant will fund up to four AST 1 courses this …
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Grant Statham to receive the 2022 Summit of Excellence Award
The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival has announced that Grant Statham is the 2022 recipient of the Summit of Excellence Award.
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Avalanche Canada Training Courses Online
Avalanche Canada's training courses are online and now is the best time for you to sign up.
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Avalanche Transceiver Interference and Search Suggestions
This recent study published by the Alpine Club of Canada and the Canadian Avalanche Association provides helpful suggestions
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Breathing Assistance in Deadly Avalanches
Safeback is the name of a newly developed breathing system. This Norwegian invention can extend the life of a person buried in an avalanche.
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Summer avalanches?
Avalanche Canada stated that that alpine travel is not recommended due to potentially unstable snowpack.
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BCA Tracker4 Safety Recall Notice
This issue impacts certain Tracker4 beacons with serial numbers that start with 21H05 or 21H06 sold after June 1, 2021.
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Avalanche Canada: significant avalanche activity during long weekend
Many parts of western Canada will see significant avalanche activity during the May long weekend this year as we transition rapidly from a cool, late spring to a period of rapidly rising temperatures and clear sunny weather. Read about five skiers caught in an avalanche on May 20th. There’s still plenty of snow in the …
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