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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Category: Backcountry Lodges
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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2022 Summit Bid Supports ACC Leadership Fund
The Leadership Fund allows ACA to continue to set the bar for safe, affordable, and respectful mountain travel and stewardship.
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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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The Zincton Farm corrected
David Harley is the proponent for the proposed Zincton Resort and he responded to the above Zincton Farm postcard creation.
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Guided Wapta Traverse Trips in 2023
Kootenay Backcountry Guides have announced their dates for the Wapta Traverse for 2023. The Wapta Traverse is a ski traverse that travels along the continental divide, otherwise known as the B.C. Alberta border. Several huts along the traverse and variations of the traverse are possible. The trip starts along the Icefields Parkway and ends at …
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Ski Tourer Dies from Cornice Fall
A Ski Tourer is dead from a cornice fall on Mount Des Poilus in Yoho National Park. Mount Des Poilus is a mid way point on the Wapta Traverse and approximately 24km north west of Field BC. Avalanche Canada‘s incident summary stated: “After approaching on skis, a party of five was ascending the SE ridge …
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