Updated: Fatality on Robertson Glacier
The Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section of Alberta Parks reported an early season fatality on Robertson Glacier today on Facebook.
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Pieps DPS Beacons Mechanisms of Failure
We also call out Black Diamond to properly address the mechanism of failure and inadequate design, and user safety hazard with their Pieps DSP avalanche beacon.
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Fewer Faces and Bigger Spaces at Northern Escape
With Covid they have embraced a similar approach with their Purely Canadian Winter Adventure strategy, catering to how Canadians like play in the snow!
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La Niña arrives for Thanksgiving!
The Thanksgiving snowfall across Western Canada echoed the latest La Niña advisory with substantial accumulation in BC's mountain passes and Kicking Horse Mountain received close to a metre.
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Powder Magazine to Shut Down
The news comes just a few days after the release of Powder‘s first issue of Volume 45. The magazine was founded in Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1972.
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FWT returns to Golden BC
The Freeride World Tour has announced it's 2021 schedule and the good news is, they're returning to Golden BC!
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Maggie Voisin – Swiftcurrent
a solo video project that highlights Maggie’s skiing in the park, in contests and in the backcountry.
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Social Media & Avalanche Safety
Social media has completely changed the landscape for sharing information about trips into the backcountry and avalanche safety.
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Baldface Lodge Suspends Operations
Baldface Lodge in Nelson BC will not open when the season begins due to COVID-19 impacts.
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Chatter Creek outlines Operations Plan
Touques off to those lucky Canadians who have the seats, it could be the best skiing ever!
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Bella Coola offers World’s First Climate Positive Heliskiing
While there is currently no alternative to carbon-based aircraft fuel available, we are determined to do our part and make a tangible difference, particularly in our home province.
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Virtual Snow Science Workshop 2020
To keep the "Merging of Theory and Practice" happening the Virtual Snow Science Workshop 2020 will be live-streamed on October 4th - 6th, 2020, with international-calibre speaker sessions, panel discussions, and posters.
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