New ACMG Ski Guiding Manual Available to Public
For the first time, the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides Ski Guiding Manual is available to the public for purchase.
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Category: Backcountry Lodges
Rogers Pass Powder Camps
The Alpine Club of Canada (ACA) is offering a skiing experience in Rogers Pass that's normally reserved for heli-accessed lodges!
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A First Descent & Steep Powder Skiing
@TisTheSkison had an epic trip to the Bill Putnam Hut at Fairy Meadows for a first descent and steep powder skiing. @TisTheSkison commented, “After Cam (one of the owners of Paradise Skis) won the ACC lottery, we rallied the troops for an epic adventure! This video showcases the lines that we skied and shows the …
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Callaghan Lake Backcountry Snowshuttle
The shuttle is available to backcountry tourers and nordic skiers for an early morning start at Callaghan's renowned high elevation skiing.
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The Life and Times of the Abbot Pass Hut
Enjoy this 7min film detailing the life and times of Abbot Pass Hut, narrated by Chic Scott, with some extraordinary images from The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
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Plans announced to replace the Abbot Pass Hut
The hut had to be removed this past spring when it became unsafe due to climate-change-induced site erosion.
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Low snow – High Crevasse consequences
In Glacier National Park, crevasses remain open, or only thinly bridged, in many areas where they are not typically a major concern by this time of year.
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Where is the Powder?
We're almost through January and we're asking, where is the powder?
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Surviving My Survival of La Traviata
Reflections of a Mountain Guide Survivor, twenty years later and a similar snowpack
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Avalanche Canada: The Persisting Problem
Avalanche Canada is reporting that the snowpack is spooky for much of Western Canada.
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Know the Winter Permit Area boundaries – UPDATED
With new snow covering the tracks, a decision has been made to reopen Macdonald West Winter Prohibited Area.
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2022 State of the Mountains Report
The State of the Mountains Report is an annual mountain report produced by the Alpine Club of Canada highlighting the changes in Canada’s alpine environment. The Report is a commitment by the ACC to provide accessible, current, and accurate information about the forces that affect Canadian mountain places, ecosystems, and communities. In 2011 the ACC …
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